Railroad West by Cornelia Meigs 1937

Railroad West
Cornelia Meigs
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1937
First edition (July 1937)
326 pages
Illustrated by Helen Hunt Bencker

The binding is weakening, but in acceptable condition. The pages are clean but lightly tanned. The cover is faded and the spine is lightly creased. Acceptable. Hardcover.

Excellent historical background story of the breaking through the wilderness to lay out the line for the Northern Pacific. From Minnesota woods to the Yellowstone, heroic engineers labored, to return to civilization and a nation in financial collapse, the scheme bankrupt. Against the background is told the love story of a young engineer and a girl. (#0000208)