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Short lines : a collection of classic American railroad stories
- Title
- Short lines : a collection of classic American railroad stories / edited by Rob Johnson.
- Publication
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 03-4610 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Johnson, Rob, 1961-
- Description
- xi, 244 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Railroad stories written from the 1890s to the 1940s. In Thomas Wolfe's The Near and the Far, a retired conductor makes a sentimental journey to a whistle stop, Holding Up a Train by O. Henry is on a robbery, and Jack London's Hoboes that Pass in the Night is on hitching rides on trains.
- Subject
- Contents
- Smart Boomer / Harry Bedwell -- Holding up a train / O. Henry -- The far and the near / Thomas Wolfe -- Mrs. Union Station / Douglass Welch -- The octopus / Frank Norris -- A toot for a toot / Octavus Roy Cohen -- The nerve of Foley / Frank H. Spearman -- The locomotive that lost herself / Cy Warman -- Hoboes that pass in the night / Jack London -- The railway guide / Christopher Morley -- The night operator / Frank L. Packard -- .007 / Rudyard Kipling -- Wide-open throttle / A. W. Somerville -- Stanwick's business / Owen Wister.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-4610
- ISBN
- 0312140460
- LCCN
- 95041339
- OCLC
- 33209523
- Title
- Short lines : a collection of classic American railroad stories / edited by Rob Johnson.
- Imprint
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Added Author
- Johnson, Rob, 1961-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-4610