This frenzied competition, a blind, stupid, and utterly destructive jealous rage

A history of the building of the railroads through the American West, as seen through two of its fiercest competitors, even including Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould, who also get their due here. A lively, engaging prose style propels this narrative over a 12-year race to achieve the holy grail of reaching the Pacific Ocean…

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