Title:
The golden spike : how a photograph celebrated the Transcontinental Railroad / by Don Nardo.
ISBN:
9780756549992
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, [2015]
Physical Description:
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Historic connection -- Immense undertaking -- Uniting the republic -- A changing country.
Summary:
Explores the history of the construction of the United States transcontinental railroad, specifically the meeting of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific in May of 1869 in northern Utah, officially linking the two railways for the first time.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS MG 7.1 2.0 176409.
Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS MG 7.8 1.0 503884.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
Mackin Educational Resources Click here to open
Interest grade level:
6-9.
Audience:
1170 Lexile.
Reading level:
7.8.
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Availability:
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