[PDF.70xz] The Last Spike: The Great Railway, 1881-1885

The Last Spike: The Great Railway, 1881-1885

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 | #739713 in Books |  2001-08-14 |  2001-08-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.99 x1.27 x6.03l,1.17 | File type: PDF | 496 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Great Way to Get a Feel for a New Young Nation|By David Eck|Canada as a nation was only a few years old when the decision was made by the county's first prime minister - John A. Macdonald - to build a transcontinental railway. (The Canadians say "railway," not "railroad.") Macdonald's move was a way to entice British Columbia - then a British colony - to join the Canadian Con| |"No novel could surpass The Last Spike for plot; no western for wildness... This is a great book."|—Vancouver Sun||"Lively, human and utterly absorbing."|—The Financial Post|From the Inside Flap

In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking: the railway on the brink of bankruptcy, with one hour between it and ruin; the extr...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Last Spike: The Great Railway, 1881-1885   |  Pierre Berton.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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