Building the Transcontinental Railroad An Interactive Engineering Adventure |
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| Author:
| Otfinoski, Steven |
| Series title: | You Choose: Engineering Marvels Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4914-0406-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Capstone
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| Imprint: | Capstone Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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You live in a United States on the move in the 1860s. The government gives two railroad companies the Central Pacific and Union Pacific the job of building the first transcontinental railroad. This railroad will unite the country and allow people to travel west to pursue new lives and opportunities. Will you: Toil as a Chinese worker for the Central Pacific? Work as an Irish laborer for the Union Pacific? Serve as an engineer for the Central Pacific in the final race to complete the...
More DescriptionYou live in a United States on the move in the 1860s. The government gives two railroad companies the Central Pacific and Union Pacific the job of building the first transcontinental railroad. This railroad will unite the country and allow people to travel west to pursue new lives and opportunities. Will you: Toil as a Chinese worker for the Central Pacific? Work as an Irish laborer for the Union Pacific? Serve as an engineer for the Central Pacific in the final race to complete the railroad? Experience situations taken from real life. YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to success or to failure.