The transcontinental railroad
Title:
The transcontinental railroad
Author:
Perritano, John.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Children's Press, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm.
General Note:
Publisher on cover is Scholastic.
Language:
English
Contents:
Rise of the rails : how did people travel in the 1800s? -- Finding a way west : how did the Civil War affect the transcontinental railroad? -- America gets on track : what was life like along the railroad's path? -- Working on the railroad : what problems did workers face when building the railroad? -- The big truth! : railroad towns : what were railroad towns? -- End of the line : what changes did the transcontinental railroad bring to the United States? -- True statistics.
Reading Level:
910 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.7 0.5 135172.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 6.3 3 Quiz: 48600.
ISBN:
9780531205853
Format :
Book
