History Comics: The Transcontinental Railroad
Crossing the Divide
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2023
Summary
The year is 1863, and America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one from the East and one from the West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest social and economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of engineering while waiting for an answer: Will those who connect the country be accepted into it?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250794772 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250794773 |
| Author: | Andy Hirsch |
| Publisher: | Roaring Brook Press |
| Imprint: | First Second |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 157mm x 220mm |
| Series: | History Comics |
| Audience Age: | 9 |
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Critics Review
A Junior Library Guild selection
“Exhilarated readers will come away with clear enough pictures of the project’s costs and benefits to decide whether the one was worth the other. Suspenseful, grand of scope, and related with cinematic brio.” –Kirkus Reviews
Andy Hirsch
Andy Hirsch is a cartoonist living in Dallas, Texas. He is the author and illustrator of several entries in First Second’s Science Comics and History Comics series, including Science Comics: Dogs, Science Comics: Trees, Science Comics: Cats, Science Comics: Rocks and Minerals, and History Comics: The American Bison.
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