railroad construction workers

"There is more to the history of the transcontinental than connecting the United States. Most of the workers were of Chinese descent and were treated unfairly. Learn how workers protested for better treatment"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and simple text introduce young readers to the events surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.

Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.

Historian Scott Nelson introduces children to the life of the real John Henry, drawing on songs, poems, and stories to describe the man behind the legendary African-American hero.

When James Baldwin takes a new position with the B&O Railroad, he and Carolina decide to move their growing family from Baltimore to a small rural town in the Allegheny Mountains. Their stepdaughter becomes enthralled with an Irish railroad worker and James must stop a destructive plan among the workers.

Describes the difficult lives of Transcontinental Railroad laborers, discussing camp life on both the Union and Central Pacific, specialty crews and special dangers, line crews, and camp dissatisfaction and unrest.

Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.

Discusses the contributions made by the Chinese Americans to the building of railroads in the United States.

Robert Grainier, a day laborer in the American West in the early twentieth century, lives a solitary life after the deaths of his wife and daughter in a fire, watching the world change and being known by everyone but close to no one.