National Dream, The & The Last Spike Two volumes in one. A tale filled with human drama - politics, adventure, scandal, wheeling and dealing - the story of larger than life individuals who rose to prodigious feats in the pursuit and fulfillment of a dream truly national in it's scope and vision. This book contains about half the material appearing in the original editions of 'The National Dream'
and 'The Last Spike', concentrates on the main story of building the railroad.
Individual copies of these books are Cbk. 1986.058.002 and Cbk.1986.058.003 (duplicate)
book : softcover
1974
1986.058.001
Library
The National Dream--The Great Railway, 1871-1881 A tale filled with human drama - politics, adventure, scandal, wheeling and dealing - the story of larger than life individuals who rose to prodigious feats in the pursuit and fulfillment of a dream truly national in it's scope and vision.
Bibliography, index.
b & w map illustrations
book : softcover
1970
1986.058.002
Library HD2810.C2.B47
Last Spike, The - The Great Railway, 1881-1885 The second volume of Pierre Berton's widely acclaimed history of the Canadian Pacific Railway. How 2000 miles of steel were flung across a continent in just 5 years. A small b&w illustration of a map.