The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
by Doug Most
In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested,... read more
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 127,648
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1280L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 164493, 23 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Whitney, Henry Melville
- Transportation | Public Transportation
- Boston (Mass.)--History--19th century
- Subways
- Whitney, Henry Melville, 1839-1923
- Subways--New York (State)--New York--History
- Massachusetts
- New York
- 19th century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
- New York (State)
- Subways--Massachusetts--Boston--History
- Competition
- New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century
- Boston
- Boston (Mass.)
- Subways--United States--Design and construction--Case studies
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Gen
- Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904
- Design and construction
- TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation
- Subways--United States--History
- History | United States | State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Urban transportation
- History
- Urban transportation--United States--Case studies
- United States
- Competition--United States--Case studies
- New York (N.Y.)
- Whitney, William C
- History | United States | State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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