Nothing Like It in the World
by Stephen E. Ambrose
The transcontinental railroad: the Big Four, the Union Pacific, the Chinese and Irish labourers, the race to Promontory. Ambrose on enterprise and its costs.
Read it if…
you want a story of a vast project built by many hands.
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Skip it if…
you want precision; the book was criticised for errors.
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Three things you will actually use
- Big projects are built by labour, not just vision.
- Competition speeds execution.
- Count the cost.
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Read the chapters on the Sierra crossing.
Our verdict
The railroad, as enterprise.
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