Title Hear that train whistle blow! : how the railroad changed the world / Milton Meltzer.

Publication Info.	New York : Random House, [2004]
	©2004

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Edition	First edition.
Description	157 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series	Landmark books
	Landmark books.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.
Contents	Getting around - slowly -- Better way -- They did it -- C'mon! let's get there! -- It seemed like a dream -- Civil war -- Building the transcontinental -- Chinese miracle -- "Indians are in our way" -- Modern America is born -- Pullman, Pinkerton, and the James boys -- With pick and shovel -- Great railway strike -- Model town? -- March on Washington -- New technology -- Travels abroad -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Index.
Summary	Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focusing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.
	Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 5.0 82269.
Subject	Railroads -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Railroads -- Social aspects -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Railroads -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Railroads -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
	Railroads -- History.
	Railroads -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form	Juvenile materials.
ISBN	037591563X library binding
	9780375915635 library binding
	0375815635 trade
	9780375815638 trade
	0375829229 paperback
	9780375829222 paperback

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