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Inspired by The Mussel Slough Tragedy, an 1880 dispute over land titles between California settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, Frank Norris' 1901 novel, "The Octopus: A California Story", is the first part in his unfinished trilogy, "The Epic of Wheat". The novel depicts the conflict between wheat farmers in the San Joaquin Valley and the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad. When the railroad company attempts to take possession of land leased...
5) Shortcut
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
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ALA Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List 2022
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
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) 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.
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English
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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.
14) Missing!
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Cascade Mountain railroad mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
©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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Secret Society of Governess Spies volume 1
Pub. Date
[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...
16) 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.
17) 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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