AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Myra Darwish, iJ. Allen Wilson, iJeff Ovall, iJudith Bailey, iAlexander Shaumyan, iBruce Humphrey, iRobert Wood, iJ and C Wordsmiths, iDiane Hundertmark, iEva Pasco, i

  Home > History > Books Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry      Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

Pat Alvarado

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Books
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· Messages
· 57 Titles
· 88 Reviews
· Add to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Nov, 2001

Pat Alvarado, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.


El collar de hierro - The Iron Necklace
by Pat Alvarado   
Books by Pat Alvarado
· Dog Gone!
· Revolución en el recreo Recess Revolution
· Guillermo Gusano encuentra una mina de oro - William Worm hits pay dirt    >> View all

See larger image

Amazon
Piggy Press Books
Piggy Press Books

Category:  History
Publisher: Piggy Press

ISBN-10:  9962629683

Pages: 46

Copyright: 
December 13, 2009
ISBN-13: 9789962629689


Cuento bilingüe en español y inglés que relata la historia de la construcción del primer ferrocarril transcontinental del mundo.

Bilingual story in Spanish and English that recounts the story of the construction of the world's first transcontinental railroad.

Miles de trabajadores incógnitos de tantos países trabajaron sin descanso y bajo gran peligro durante la construcción del ferrocarril que unió la ciudad caribeña de Colón con la ciudad de Panamá en el pacífico, convirtiéndolo en el primer ferrocarril transcontinental del mundo. Esta es su historia.

Thousands of unknown workers from so many countries toiled incessantly and under great danger during the construction of the railroad that joined the Atlantic city of Colon with the Pacific city of Panama, making it the world’s first transcontinental railway. This is its story.



Excerpt

Era casi medianoche y llovía a cántaros. El coronel G. W. Totten, Jefe Ingeniero del Ferrocarril de Panamá, se paró en la línea divisoria en Summit, a 786 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Levantó un mazo de nueve libras y martilló el último clavo a los rieles que conectaban 76.8 kilómetros de la vía férrea.
Tempranito al día siguiente, el coronel Totten, junto con el señor A. J. Center, Vice-Presidente del Ferrocarril, el doctor T. C. Barker, uno de los médicos de la empresa, y distinguidos invitados, descendieron de Summit hacia la Ciudad de Panamá en el Primer Ferrocarril Intercontinental del mundo. Era el 28 de enero de 1855.
¿Cómo comenzó todo?

Under rain-filled midnight skies, Colonel G. W. Totten, Chief Engineer of the Panama Railroad, stood atop the continental divide at Summit, 258 feet above sea level. He hefted a nine-pound maul and hammered the last spike into the rails that connected 47 ¾ miles
of tracks.
Early the next morning, Colonel Totten, in the company of Mr. A. J. Center, Vice-President of the Railroad, Dr. T. C. Barker, one of its medical officers, and a few distinguished guests, descended the Summit toward Panama City on the world’s first Intercontinental Railroad. It was January 28, 1855.
How did it all begin?


Want to review or comment on this book?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?

Popular History Books
  1. Patrick’s Pastbook A New Abolitionist
  2. This Side of Paradise Hyperlink/Hypert
  3. James Connolly and the Reconquest of I
  4. Delaware from Freeways to E-ways
  5. An Existential and Numerical Approach
  6. Delaware Before the Railroads
  7. Minnesota Anschluss/ Shiloh #3431 Dead
  8. Superior Tapestry: Weaving the Threads
  9. First Indians
  10. Copper Country Chronicler: The Best of
  11. Free Download - The Belgian Curtain -
  12. Delaware from Railways to Freeways
  13. APRIL FOOLS
  14. Savannah: Brokers, Bankers, and Bay La
  15. Miss Martha Douglas
  16. Ramona Africa May 13, Move Anniversary
  17. Patrick's Unfinished: A Intellectual H
  18. Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never
  19. False Flag: General Joe Hooker Lives,
  20. The Search for Edward Lewis
  21. The Stockholm Syndrome Project--A Subo
  22. Thorns and Tides in Island Arcadia
  23. Walden III: A Catholic America
  24. 2nd Edition Encyclopedia of the Harlem
  25. Thermonuclear Rikki-Tikki-Tavi: The Pa

Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Superior Tapestry: Weaving the Threads of Upper Michigan History by Deborah Frontiera

A fun way to learn a lot of Upper Michigan history through the "eyes" of artifacts, this book is great for families, adults, and students.  
Member BookAds

Dearest Darling, it's Been a Long, Long Time: World War II Love-lett by Dr Tony Hopper

325 letters my father wrote to my mother during his time in World War II. Woven together in a timeline of events of three of his brothers, 5 brothers-in-law, and one cousin, all 10 of them were in WWII at the same time.  
Member BookAds

Socialism 16 McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois by Dr. Patrick ODougherty

An Outline of the New American Narratives!  
Member BookAds