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100 1 _aHancock, H. Irving
_q(Harrie Irving),
_d1868-1922
245 1 4 _aThe Young Engineers in Colorado; Or, At Railroad Building in Earnest
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-06-25
508 _aJim Ludwig
520 _a"The Young Engineers in Colorado; Or, At Railroad Building in Earnest" by H. Irving Hancock is a fictional work likely written during the late 19th century. The book follows young engineers Tom Reade and Harry Hazelton as they embark on their first major project in the Colorado wilderness, encountering challenges both professional and personal as they strive to establish their careers in civil engineering. At the start of the story, Tom and Harry arrive at a mountainous camp to join the S.B. & L. Railroad project. Their initial encounters reveal a mix of excitement and trepidation, particularly when they meet the ominously-named "Bad Pete" and realize the rugged reality of the West is not quite like the romantic tales they imagined. The opening chapters establish their background as schoolboy athletes turned aspiring engineers, their hopes and fears, and introduce the harsh environment of their new work camp, where they must prove themselves amidst tension with local characters and the stakes of railroad construction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aColorado -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aCivil engineers -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12734
999 _c54128
_d54128