| Description |
1 online resource (469 p.) |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I -- 1. The Odyssey Begins -- 2. Jumping Off -- Part II -- 3. Rails and the River -- 4. The Lincoln Highway -- 5. The Road from Red Cloud -- 6. Hell on Wheels -- 7. The View from the Bluffs -- Part III -- 8. Magic City -- 9. Road Tested on the Red Plains -- 10. Crossing the Divide -- 11. Green River to the Rim -- Part IV -- 12. Through the Canyons to Paradise -- Part V -- 13. Following the Humboldt -- 14. Silver State -- Part VI -- 15. Over the Sierra -- 16. From Sacramento to the Sea -- 17. Golden Gate -- Epilogue |
| Bibliography |
References -- Index |
| Summary |
A combination of travelogue, history, and storytelling, this is the story of David Haward Bain's family's travels from their home in Vermont to the West in search of America's past. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bain, David Haward -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
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Bain, David Haward |
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Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
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West (U.S.) -- History.
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Railroads |
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Travel |
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West United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bain, David Haward The Old Iron Road Lincoln : Bison Books,c2022 9781496230485 |
| ISBN |
1496235177 |
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9781496235176 (electronic bk.) |
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