Nothing Like It in the World (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1830 to 1869
- Setting: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado territory, Wyoming territory, Utah territory, Nevada, California
- Principal Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore D. Judah, General Grenville M. Dodge, Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, General William Tecumseh Sherman, Brigham Young
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Nineteenth century, California, Colorado, Railroads, Nebraska, Illinois, Wyoming, Utah
- Locales: California, Colorado, Wyoming, Illinois, Utah, Nebraska, Iowa, Nevada
Nothing Like It in the World hit the top of the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list right after publication and was still riding high on the list at the end of 2000. The book is an attractive, state-of-the-art production illustrated with thirty-two pages of black-and-white photographs of men, machinery, and rugged, desolate landscapes. It is a saga of man against nature. It is full of the nuts-and-bolts details of railroad building and does not contain a single female character of any importance. The only women mentioned are those who provide short-term...
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