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The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West (Dear America)

Kristiana Gregory

Hardcover | Pages: 204 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 3599 Users | 99 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (Dear America Series)
ISBN:	059010991X (ISBN13: 9780590109918)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Dear America
Setting:	Utah,1868(United States)

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I've never been terribly interested in the history about America's westward expansion but this books turned out to be really good, in my opinion. Libby West and her family travel along with the track layers of the Union Pacific railroad who are trying to beat the Central Pacific railroad to their meeting place which ends up being Promontory Summit in the territory of Utah. I actually learned quite a bit from the story. I always thought that President Grant hammered in the final spike for the final tie in the railroad but apparently no one really knows who finally hammered it home. I also didn't know how close to the end of the Civil War this occurred. It seems to me as though this was almost a healing experience for both sides seeing as both the Yankees and the Rebels had to work together to achieve a goal. It really is amazing how all these men built a transcontinental railroad by hand. I also am confused at to why there were so many newspaper men along the way? I mean shouldn't the all band together and create one newspaper? Also I didn't know that they put telegraph lines underneath the spike so when it was finished every paper in the country would know about it. All in all I think this is a time period I'm going to have to look deeper into.

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Title	:	The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West (Dear America)
Author	:	Kristiana Gregory
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 204 pages
Published	:	April 1st 1999 by Scholastic Inc.
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Fiction

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Ratings: 3.83 From 3599 Users | 99 Reviews

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this book wasnt that great... this book is about a girl named libby west who lives in utah the time of 1868her parents and her are going on the railroad becuase there is a war and they are going to utahlibby meetss new people sees great new places and most of all she can spend it with her family!

This is one of the better Dear America books. It follows the journey of Libby who travels with her family as her father, a reporter, writes about the development of the transcontinental railroad. This story is simple, but still entertaining. She makes friends along her journey, worries about her relationship with her parents and little brother Joe, and has her first taste of love when her father's partner, Pete, starts paying attention to her. This is an accurate portrayal of what life was like



Actual rating: 2.5 stars. I felt this book didn't focus as much on the railroad race as it could have or on the newspaper angle. Libby was also nice to the point of being bland. Her brother did some annoying/bad things and yet nothing seems to come of it. There were also "lessons" throughout the book like "slavery is bad" and "women should have the right to vote" that felt like an after school special. I also had a problem with Libby and Pete's relationship. She only seems to like him after she

I love all Dear Amercia Books I checked this book out at my school libary and I pretty much got done with it two days after, I couldn't stop reading it. I absolutely loved it I loved Libby & Pete's romance and then how Joe puts a penny on the railroad and gets in a bunch of trouble. & It's good cause I learned some history from this book. Overall, This was a good book.

Written by the same author as the wonderful Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell 1847 and Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild California Territory 1849, this book does not disappoint.

While this book had some pretty great description of railroad towns in particular. I was, however, impressed that they added in polygamy. Not just a casual mention, but actually introduced characters (albeit almost background ones). It's also the first of these books that I've seen actually blatantly use the word prostitute, which I also found impressive.