From Sea to Shining Sea: The Heroes and Villains of the First Transcontinental Railroad

By Tim White

The condition of the people of America is so different from aught that we in Europe have an opportunity of observing . . . They are great travellers, and in general better acquainted with the vast expanse of country, spreading over their eighteen states . . . than the English with their little island. They are also a migrating people, and even when in p…