00915nam a2200229Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500560005810000200011426000410013430000450017530000110022049000170023150000670024802000220031565000440033705000280038154600150040950502260042433600090065033700150065933800110067420260803094202.0251212s2010    xx            000 0 und d1 aThe transcontinental railroad /cby John Perritano.  aPerritano, John  aNew York :bChildren`s Press,c2010.  a48 p.: b: ill. (chiefly col.), col. map  c21 cm.  aA true book.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.; Lex910  a978-0-531-21248-6  aPacific railroadsvJuvenile literature.  a385.09730903 P42t c2010  ain English  aDescribes the development of a railway system uniting the United States, from its design and planning, through the problems that plagued its construction, to its completion in 1869 and its subsequent effect on the nation.  atext  aunmediated  avolume