Ten Mile Day

Author: Mary Ann Fraser

On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America’s first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah.

$14.50

SKU 9780805047035 Category Historical Fiction (8-12) Tags picture book, read aloud

Description

Illustrated with the author’s carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West – the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews’ ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.