Nothing Like it In The World (Abridged): The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869 Audiobook

" Excellent..love Ambrose's writing style and research "

" The railroad was finished in May of 1869. It carried out my Summers and Gripenstraw families in 1870. Fascinating account of the work that went into connecting America. "

" While this turned out to be a fascinating book, it starts off really slowly. I had the impression that this book may have been written during two separate periods of time. Once you get through the first 1/3, it becomes worth it. I really learned a great deal about just what a tremendous accomplishment it was to build a transcontinental railroad. You finish this book and realize that we probably could not duplicate this effort today. "

" Who knew the concept of time zones and "hell on wheels" came out of the Transcontinental Railroad?! It was built across the entire breatdth of southern Wyoming, so of course I had to read it! Why are so many ghost towns in that part of Wyoming 20 miles apart? This book will tell you. "

" Amazing story -- the vision and hard work to make it happen, and all the challenges to over come. "

" I was fascinated by this book. Ambrose always draws me in with his details. "

" Another excellent historical read from Ambrose chock-full of detail and (like the Lewis and Clark story) a page-turner. I know, I know, the History major strikes again! :-D "

" A bit repetitive, but very informative of the inner workings of government and big business. "

" U.S. history and railroading combined into 1 book. I 80 or the Amtrak California Zepher cover the same route nowdays. What a project for 1869. "

" I seem to be on an American history kick, but this was the least interesting to me out of what I've read in the past few months. It's a full-history to be sure, but I was utterly bored by the passages about the budgeting, money, bonds, land grants, interest, capitalists, scandals, corruptions, etc. "

" That is one long railroad.....I mean book "

" Best historical book I've ever read--period. "

" Typical Ambrose: history made even more interesting. "

" I've always like railroads, but this book made me even more interested. It's really amazing what these men accomplished, and I wonder if it could even be done today if it had to be again... "

" It was a little slow, i had high expectations after reading undaunted courage which was fantastic. However, it was very informative and gave some neat suggestions for places to go visit today. "

" Great treatment of a subject that isn't talked about enough. So important to the growth of the nation. "

" I wanted to give this more stars, but after doing a little research I found out that the author did quite a sloppy job on the details, so I can't rate it on readability alone. But if you want a sloppy history that is fun to read and gives you the big picture, this is the book. "

" I have no interest in trains, but this book was an exception. I was so amazed by all that went into the race to finish the transcontinental railroad. It was an amazing read. "

" I really enjoyed the beginning of this book, but near the end I felt it became less about America and more an autobiography. It was required reading for school so I had to finish it, but I was definitely dragging through "

" Ambrose is so far my favorite modern historian (Mormon is my favorite ancient one) "

" Probably the best history book I have read. Profound insights from a man who spent his life studying and writing about history. You have to read his spot on assessment of our founding fathers. GREAT book. "

" I love this book... I used parts of it to teach a comparative history course. Amrose is at his best... chewing on issues that produce great discussions about what makes America what it is. "

" This is the last book written by this author, before he died. He went over subjects ( history)that he had written in previous books.He wrote a lot about the Wars and the past presidents. "