Light wear to DJ. Previous owner's inscription to first blank page; Building a railroad across 2500 miles of forbidding wilderness would be a daunting task for any country, but Canada did it. Brown boards with silhouette of a train chugging along ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 574,xvii pages.

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Title: THE IMPOSSIBLE RAILWAY The Building of the Canadian Pacific--A Triumphant Saga of Exploration, Politics, High Finance & Adventure
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1972
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0394465695
ISBN 13: 9780394465692
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First American Edition.
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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