children's books about the Transcontinental Railroad

The building of the Transcontinental Railroad is a relatively short chapter in the settling of the West, but much about it is indicative of the whole movement. It was large in geographic scale and large in its very conception. It required massive waves of people--largely immigrants--and a huge dose of the American optimism and manifest destiny.

The fact that the construction turned into a race just adds even more drama to an already quite dramatic undertaking. Below are beautifully illustrated picture books, compellingly written nonfiction titles, and 'journal' format historical fiction books describing this great effort in our nation's history.

Books on the Transcontinental Railroad

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