Empire Express / Building the First Transcontinental Railroad Tegels Roem en Adel: 'Los Honores'

Roem en Adel: 'Los Honores'

Dat heeft zij gedaan door stilleven

de invloed van geld

huilden of schreeuwden

-Martin Henig

Empire Express / Building the First Transcontinental Railroad Tegels Roem en Adel: 'Los Honores'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