Building the Transcontinental Railroad: An Interactive Engineering Adventure - Couverture souple

Otfinoski, Steven

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 149140406X ISBN 13 : 9781491404065

Editeur : Capstone Press, 2014

Synopsis

You live in a United States on the move in the 1860s. The government gives two railroad companies the Central Pacific and Union Pacific the job of building the first transcontinental railroad. This railroad will unite the country and allow people to travel west to pursue new lives and opportunities. Will you: Toil as a Chinese worker for the Central Pacific? Work as an Irish laborer for the Union Pacific? Serve as an engineer for the Central Pacific in the final race to complete the railroad? Experience situations taken from real life. YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to success or to failure.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Steven Otfinoski has written more than 150 books for young readers. Three of his nonfiction books have been chosen Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. Steve is also a playwright and has his own theater company that brings one-person plays about American history to schools. Steve lives in Connecticut with his wife, who is a teacher. They have two children, two dogs, and a cat.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Capstone Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 149140406X
• ISBN 13: 9781491404065
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112
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• Personne responsable: non disponible