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After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental

railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event.

Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent

with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three

dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in

size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national

identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's

Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln

to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the

railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an

astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this

epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and

social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American

history.

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David Haward Bain is the author of Aftershocks: A Tale of Two

Victims and Sitting in Darkness: Americans in the

Philippines, which received a Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book

Award honorable mention in 1985. He teaches English at Middlebury

College and works with the Breadloaf Writers' Conference.

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Rich with scandal, tragedy, and visionary characters. --

William T. Vollmann, San Francisco Chronicle

Well researched, well written, refreshingly revisionist... Empire

Express promises to endure as the standard history of the Pacific

Railroad. -- The New York Times Book Review

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After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American history.

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• 关于简介的翻译

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