Brilliant engineer Warren Neale is determined to finish the most ambitious project in American history -- the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. The terrain and climate provide formidable obstacles, but a troublesome group of...
Surveyors
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Author:Grey, ZaneSummary: -
Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:Just as young surveyor Warren Neale discovers graft and corruption in the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming, his fiancee Allie is kidnapped by ruffians.
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Author:Dorricott, Linda, Cullon, DeidreSummary:Captain Richards' journal is an account of three survey seasons on Vancouver Island aboard two British Navy ships, the HMS Plumper and the HMS Hecate. Between 1860 and 1862 Richards and his dedicated crew surveyed and charted the entire...
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Author:Summary:Sandford Fleming knew fame and many honours later in life, but the path was not always easy. His beginnings are revealed in these early diaries that record his thoughts as an eighteen-year-old leaving his family home in Scotland for...
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Shortlisted, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing. Despite the coming social reforms undertaken at home, the world of the Georgian British Empire was nothing if not class-conscious and leery of outsiders. But Anthony...
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Author:Shardlow, TomSummary:David Thompsons story is one of the great tales of North American adventure. His life was a mixture of truth and legend, but he was without a doubt one of the greatest surveyors and mapmakers of the North American continent. Raised in a...
- Author:Mitchell, BarbaraSummary:
"As the first inland surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Company, Philip Turnor stands tall among the explorers and mapmakers of Canada. Accompanied by Cree guides and his Cree wife, Turnor travelled 15,000 miles by canoe and foot...
