El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

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Una historia sobre guerreros del pasado a los pies de una montaña. La segunda muestra a unos alpinistas del presente tratando de coronarla y, en la cima, alguien misterioso... La pieza que une ambas historias, las páginas centrales de esta obra, las escribirá el lector; solo él tiene la clave. Una estupenda manera de incentivar la creatividad y la imaginación.