Transcontinental Railroad

Contributor(s): Crewe, Sabrina (Author), Uschan, Michael V (Author)

ISBN: 9780836834017

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

$21.50

Pub Date: January 19, 2004

Dewey: 385.0979

LCCN: 2003062682

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 08 to 11

Physical Info: 0.34" H x 10.36" L x 7.66" W ( 0.67 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States 19th Century | Transportation | Railroads and Trains

Series: Events That Shaped America

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000075575 ( Transcontinental Railroad)

Reading level: 7.30

Interest level: MG

Point value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This book tells the story of the first transcontinental railroad and shows how the technical challenges and huge scale of the task were overcome by the hard labor of thousands of workers.