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Stories of the railroad
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
They were a hardbitten crew--the men who built the railroads and the men who ran the trains. With a sure hand Phyllis Fenner has chosen ten stories that dramatize different phases of railroading and describe many types of men: those who worked with dogged persistence, and those who tried to come up the easy way; those who were down to earth, and those who indulged in a bit of fancy--to the the confusion of their comrades. Among the authors included are: Stephen Vincent Benét, Sholom Aleichem, and Conrad Richter--Adapted from jacket.
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This first inclusive collection of railroad stories recaptures the romance of the rails for the reader who may have forgotten it in this era of jet propulsion. It runs the entire gamut from the early masters of the story - Dickens, T.E. Lawrence, and Hauptmann - to the more modern writers in the field, such as A.W. Somerville and Frank L. Packard. Here we have stories, not only by such writers as William Saroyan, Thomas Wolfe, and Marquis James, but also by such recognized specialists as Jack McLarn, W.E. Hayes, Octavus Roy Cohen, Douglas Welch, and Lucius Beebe. Among these enthralling tales is that of the famous Confederate train stolen by Northern freebooters during the Civil War; tales of humor and tragedy on the railroad; exciting episodes involving dynamiting of trains and bridges; thrilling wreck scenes; and stories with a more romantic modern flavor--Adapted from jacket.
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