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Pierre Berton The Last Spike (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Last Spike : the Great Railway, 1881-1885
- Publication Name
- The Last Spike
- Title
- The Last Spike
- Subtitle
- The Great Railway, 1881-1885
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0385658419
- EAN
- 9780385658416
- ISBN
- 9780385658416
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Genre
- Transportation, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Labor & Industrial Relations, Railroads / History, Emigration & Immigration, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
- Release Date
- 14/08/2001
- Release Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- IN
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 18 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years - exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking- the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extraordinary land boom of Winnipeg in 1881-1882; and the epic tale of how William Van Horne rushed 3,000 soldiers over a half-finished railway to quell the Riel Rebellion. Dominating the whole saga are the men who made it all possible - a host of astonishing characters- Van Horne, the powerhouse behind the vision of a transcontinental railroad; Rogers, the eccentric surveyor; Onderdonk, the cool New Yorker; Stephen, the most emotional of businessmen; Father Lacombe, the black-robed voyageur; Sam Steele, of the North West Mounted Police; Gabriel Dumont, the Prince of the Prairies; more than 7,000 Chinese workers, toiling and dying in the canyons of the Fraser Valley; and many more - land sharks, construction geniuses, politicians, and entrepreneurs - all of whom played a role in the founding of the new Canada west of Ontario.
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Publisher
Doubleday Canada
ISBN-10
0385658419
ISBN-13
9780385658416
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2164654
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Spike : the Great Railway, 1881-1885
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Railroads / History, Emigration & Immigration, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Transportation, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"No novel could surpassThe Last Spikefor plot; no western for wildness... This is a great book." -Vancouver Sun "Lively, human and utterly absorbing." -The Financial Post, "No novel could surpass The Last Spike for plot; no western for wildness... This is a great book." - Vancouver Sun "Lively, human and utterly absorbing." - The Financial Post, "No novel could surpassThe Last Spikefor plot; no western for wildness... This is a great book." -Vancouver Sun "Lively, human and utterly absorbing." -The Financial Post From the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
385/.0971
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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