Title: Scholarly, but too heavy on financing and politics
Product review: I have to admire the author's scholarship. He covers in minute detail all of the Congressional and company machinations, and the role of an extensive cast of characters. However, by halfway through, I was wishing there was more description of the Irish and Chinese laborers life and work, as well as the engineering and construction problems that were encountered and solved. In short, this has to be the definitive book on the trans-Continental railroad planning, financing and politics, but I wished I could have visualized the physical construction and the nature of the country better.
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