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Pros & Cons
Pros
Stephen ambrose is or was a good historian. The reader learns about the big four men who were instrumental in bringing it to fruition. Nothing like it in the world is never boring.
Cons
The best book on the transcontinental railroad is called 'empire express' while many of ambrose's works have been entertaining and mostly accurate, this book is clearly subpar. It has his usual bombastic statements and pedestrian writing.
This book begins and ends with grand statements about the vision of government supremacists like abraham lincoln. The technique of imagining and fabricating details of events belongs in historical novels, not in a conscientious history. Also, he goes ... Read More
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Quality
Extremely well done as are all the ambrose works
It was sheer political will and the efforts of a few select individuals to move heaven and earth combined with the unbelievable... Read More
Then we have certain details having to do with the messy finances of this massive venture
Price
Ambrose is a wonderful author and brings this moment in history to life
Was highly recommended but price went up about 25 since i added it to my cart
Competitiveness
And because two railroads are in competition you hear similar stories from each side
I would agree as some said an eighth wonder of the world
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- This product had a total of 1,981 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 31 2023.
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His politics were different that mine but he’s fair
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This project was also sold on the basis called project lifesaver for the hospital was numerous times on the wrong side of the tracks
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These few demonstrator projects were extremely expensive as you can imagine
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How many lives were lost during this endeavor even ambrose cannot tell
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I thought however that one big omission was a fuller treatment of the native americans whose lands were so significantly impacted by the railroad the decimation of the bison being only one way in which their livelihoods were destroyed
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Ambrose often talks about indian raids but not about indian culture and about the whole business from the point of view of the indians
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Seeing old shows 3 times is not as interesting as learning new and true stories
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That said this book can be a real slog at times because it seems like youre laying every spike arguing with every congressman for every dollar fighting every native american dynamiting every mountain and building every bridge
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