Books
4 Best Novels About the First Transcontinental Railroad
Bestselling authors first, then star rating.
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Phase
1863–1869
The First Transcontinental Railroad joined eastern and western rail networks through federally supported construction by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies.
This context is placed beneath Old West and Frontier America so books can be linked at the most specific useful level without duplicating its parent relationship.
It supports nonfiction and historical fiction concerned with the First Transcontinental Railroad, including political institutions, conflict, social change and later historical memory.
Books
Bestselling authors first, then star rating.
Non-Fiction
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.