Kids Book of Canada's Railway: And How the CPR Was Built Contributor(s): Hodge, Deborah (Author), Mantha, John (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1554532566 ISBN-13: 9781554532568 Publisher: Kids Can Press OUR PRICE: $13.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: November 7, 1885, marked the completion of one of the longest, most expensive, most challenging engineering feats in the world the Canadian Pacific Railway. A ribbon of steel now united Canada from east to west. It took 30 000 workers less than five years to cross the wild land. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Canada - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - General (see Also Headings Under Animals Or Technology) |
Dewey: 385.097 |
LCCN: 2011487462 |
Series: Kids Book of |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.9" W x 11.7" (0.55 lbs) 48 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 45573 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: November 7, 1885, marked the completion of one of the longest, most expensive, most challenging engineering feats in the world -- the Canadian Pacific Railway. A ribbon of steel now united Canada from east to west. It took 30 000 workers less than five years to cross the wild land. This title in the Kids Book of series is the story of Canada's first transcontinental railway and the thousands of people who made the dream of a united Canada a reality. This is also a look at the freight trains, school trains, troop trains and passenger trains that helped shape a country, the people who worked and rode on them and what our railway system looks like today. |