History Comics: The Transcontinental Railroad: Crossing the Divide

(W/A) Andy Hirsch. Turn back the clock with History Comics! The year is 1863* and America is divided not just by the Civil War but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies* one from the east and one from the west* are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking* difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest social and economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of engineering while waiting for an answer: Will those who connect the country be accepted into it?