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From the author of McTeague: The classic novel of corporate corruption and violent rebellion in the railroad industry. On May 11, 1880, at a San Joaquin Valley ranch, a shootout between tenant farmers and a sheriff's posse left seven dead. The dispute was over land rights. The law was acting in the service of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This tragedy marked the beginning of the end for the American frontier, and it became the inspiration for Frank...
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"Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. Together they can haul a lot. Big stuff, small stuff, they've got it all! But what happens when the best friends realize that they're stuck with too much stuff? Farmer Fluff has just the solution! Simple rhyme and easy-to-read verse will help beginning readers and train lovers build their vocabulary and strengthen reading skills."--Book jacket.
6) Shortcut
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[1992]
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English
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Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
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Children taking a shortcut by walking along a railroad track find excitement and danger when a train approaches.
12) Casey Jones
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2000.
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English
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Illustrations and rhythmic text tell how the famous engineer, Casey Jones, risks his own life to save others.
13) Coolies
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2003.
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English
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A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
15) A new friend
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2018.
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English
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Buddy the Tyrannosauraus Rex makes a new friend.
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Secret society of governess spies volume 1
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[2024]
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English
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"The utterly charming Emily Leverton has a dark past and is determined to leave it behind in her respectable new role as a governess. But when she is recruited by a secret network of governesses who spy on the ton, it may just be a way to redeem the dark secrets of her past. Straddling the worlds of the ton and the working class, as an ex-solider turned railroad magnate, Zach hunts killers for the Metropolitan Police by day and dutifully attends balls...
17) Missing!
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Cascade Mountain railroad mysteries volume 4
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©2005
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English
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During the 1920s, as Billy, Finn, and Dannie investigate a series of thefts in a railroad workers camp, they also find themselves searching for Billy's missing cousin, nine-year-old Mim.
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[2024]
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English
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"This 5-in-1 The Berenstain Bears: Five "Away We Go" Adventures! is full of bear family antics and is the perfect starter for a young reader on the go! This Level 1 I Can Read five-book collection includes these stories: The Berenstain Bears: All Aboard!, The Berenstain Bears' Class Trip, The Berenstain Bears at the Aquarium, The Berenstain Bears: Gone Fishin'!, The Berenstain Bears Around the World. The five books in this collection are Level One...
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