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Hardcover, bound in full genuine black gilt-stamped leather binding. New copy, still in original factory shrink-wrap. 431 pages. Illustrated with maps and contains an extensive index. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition, published by Easton Press in 2000. Personally signed by Stephen E. Ambrose, with COA (Certificate of Authenticity) and Collector’s Notes laid-in loose. One of the historians last books before his death, the present title is a panegyric to the men, politicians and businessmen, engineers and surveyors, ordinary laborers, many of whom were immigrants, who built the transcontinental railroad. A pristine copy of one his last books, new in shrink-wrap.