History Comics: The Transcontinental Railroad: Crossing the Divide

$24.99

ISBN: 9781250794772

Format: Trade Paperback

Pub Date: 25/04/2023

Category: Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / History, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Transportation / Railroads & Trains, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / General

Imprint: First Second

Price: $24.99

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?

Author Information

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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