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Steam, smoke, and steel
back in time with trains
By O'Brien, Patrick Karl
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-88106-972-3
- Publisher
- Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 4, 2000
PreS-Gr 3 Beginning with a boy's description of his father's job as a locomotive engineer, this book offers a history of railroads through the eyes of the child's ancestors. From his father's modern train, complete with computer controls, readers jump back to the boy's grandfather, who drove a diesel locomotive in the 1960s. They continue back through the years to the youngster's great-great-great-great-great grandfather, one of the first to drive the "brand-new invention called a steam locomotive." Each section starts with a two...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
