How Railroads Shaped America

by Jack O'Mara

Book Overview

Guide readers on a ride into the past with this book about American railroads and how they helped shape U.S. expansion, transportation, and urbanization. Readers will learn about the first transcontinental railroad, rapid transit, high-speed trains, and more.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143582993X
• ISBN13: 9781435829930
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6