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Author | : Antoine O Flatharta |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2014-04-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385756151 |
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"Once upon a time there was a train that dreamed of being a boat." It was the train that took immigrants seeking a better life in the New World across the endless flat prairies to San Francisco. And it was the train that took Conor, a small homesick boy from Ireland, on the voyage he would remember for the rest of his life. While on that train, Conor dreams of being back in Connemara, Ireland, with his grandfather when suddenly, to his amazement, the waving prairie grass becomes the sea and the train on which he is traveling, like a boat, sails across it right back to his home. How Conor comes to realize that the home he's left behind will always be with him provides a reassuring and deeply satisfying resolution to this poignant tale. The dreamlike paintings by Caldecott Honor artist Eric Rohmann combine with the lyrical text of Irish playwright Antoine Ó Flatharta to make this one of the most memorable books of this--or any--season.
Author | : Marsha Wilson Chall |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2003-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
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A young girl experiences the thrill of her first train ride when she takes the Great Northern from the country to visit her grandmother in the city.
Author | : Robert Perret and Amy Thompson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2022-01-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467107700 |
Download Camas Prairie Railroad Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Incorporated in 1909, the Camas Prairie Railroad (CPRR) was a successful joint venture between two major competing companies, the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific Railroads. Despite covering less than 300 miles total, the Camas Prairie Railroad connected the region's largest exporters of wheat and lumber and was the last vital section of rail to directly connect the eastern United States with the Pacific Northwest. In addition to freight, the CPRR was the most reliable method of transportation for people and the postal service in this rural area, even allowing for the creation of new towns along the line. The Camas Prairie itself ranged from desert to mountainous forests, with rugged river canyons in between. Infamously known as the "Railroad on Stilts," one subdivision alone boasts 44 bridges, many of them made from heavy timber. No longer in business, portions of the track have been removed while some remain active, carrying freight to larger markets. Trestles and tunnels still dot the landscape, giving a peek into the not-so-distant past. Special collections librarian Robert Perret and archives manager Amy Thompson work in the Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho, where they are immersed in the history of the Inland Northwest.
Author | : Robin Esrock |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2016-02-06 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 145973050X |
Download The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Renowned travel writer and TV host Robin Esrock has explored every inch of Canada’s Prairies to craft the definitive Bucket List. From food and culture to nature and adrenaline rushes, Robin has the inspiration and information you’ll need to follow in his footsteps and discover everything Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to offer.
Author | : Holly Bush |
Publisher | : Holly Bush Books |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2012-03-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 162095527X |
Download Train Station Bride Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
1887 Debutante Julia Crawford endures a lifetime of subtle ridicule as the plump, silly daughter of a prominent Boston family. Julia strikes out on her own to gain independence, traveling to the Midwest to marry an aging shopkeeper and care for his mother. Julia finds her new home rough and uncivilized after the sophistication of a big city, while closely held secrets threaten to ruin Julia's one chance at love. Jake Shelling was sixteen and grew up quick when his parents died from influenza on the North Dakota prairie. Left with a half-cleared farm and two young sisters, he spent little time on his own needs . . . until now. At thirty-five, he figured it was high time to have some sons and a mail order bride would suit him just fine. No expectations of love, just a helpmate from sturdy stock, ready for farm life.Will fate and chance play a trick on Julia and Jake?
Author | : Ron Brown |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2012-06-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1459702158 |
Download Rails Across the Prairies Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Canada's rail lines were pivotal in establishing the icons that mark today's landscape: massive bridges, sentinel-like grain elevators, pattern-book wayside stations. Odd and unusual place names dot the lines, while countless ghost towns and stories abound like the "ghost train" of St. Louis and the tunnels of Moose Jaw.
Author | : Marylin Irvin Holt |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1994-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803235977 |
Download Orphan Trains Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"From 1850 to 1930 America witnessed a unique emigration and resettlement of at least 200,000 children and several thousand adults, primarily from the East Coast to the West. This 'placing out,' an attempt to find homes for the urban poor, was best known by the 'orphan trains' that carried the children. Holt carefully analyzes the system, initially instituted by the New York Children's Aid Society in 1853, tracking its imitators as well as the reasons for its creation and demise. She captures the children's perspective with the judicious use of oral histories, institutional records, and newspaper accounts. This well-written volume sheds new light on the multifaceted experience of children's immigration, changing concepts of welfare, and Western expansion. It is good, scholarly social history."—Library Journal
Author | : Christina Baker Kline |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2017-05-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0062445960 |
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This young readers’ edition of Christina Baker Kline’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel Orphan Train follows a twelve-year-old foster girl who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year-old woman. Adapted and condensed for a young audience, Orphan Train Girl includes an author’s note and archival photos from the orphan train era. This book is especially perfect for mother/daughter reading groups. Molly Ayer has been in foster care since she was eight years old. Most of the time, Molly knows it’s her attitude that’s the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, she’s had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Molly’s forced to help an a wealthy elderly woman clean out her attic for community service, Molly is wary. But from the moment they meet, Molly realizes that Vivian isn’t like any of the adults she’s encountered before. Vivian asks Molly questions about her life and actually listens to the answers. Soon Molly sees they have more in common than she thought. Vivian was once an orphan, too—an Irish immigrant to New York City who was put on a so-called "orphan train" to the Midwest with hundreds of other children—and she can understand, better than anyone else, the emotional binds that have been making Molly’s life so hard. Together, they not only clear boxes of past mementos from Vivian’s attic, but forge a path of friendship, forgiveness, and new beginnings.
Author | : Jim Loomis |
Publisher | : Prima Lifestyles |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Download All Aboard! Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This is the definitive guide to North American train travel, complete with booking procedures, on-board etiquette, maps, floor plans for typical coach and sleeping cars, and more. This new edition reflects all the recent changes at Amtrak, North America's largest passenger rail system.
Author | : Roger L Severns |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2015-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0809333694 |
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A concise legal history of Illinois, Prairie Justice covers the French, British, early-American, and Illinois-statehood periods to 1900. It illustrates the changes over time in the different judicial systems, culminating in the establishment of a unique body of Illinois law.