Hero of the Rails

Hero of the Rails PDF Author:
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0375859500
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Book Description
Discovering a long-lost engine destined for the scrap yard, Thomas endeavors to save his new friend by repairing him in secret until Spencer's involvement complicates matters. Movie tie-in.

Hero of the Rails

Hero of the Rails PDF Author:
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0375859500
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Book Description
Discovering a long-lost engine destined for the scrap yard, Thomas endeavors to save his new friend by repairing him in secret until Spencer's involvement complicates matters. Movie tie-in.

Hero of the Rails

Hero of the Rails PDF Author:
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0375854622
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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When Thomas finds an old engine named Hiro, once called the Master of the Railway, abandoned on some overgrown track, he and his friends try to fix Hiro, despite interference from busybody engine Spencer.

Hero of the Rails (Thomas & Friends)

Hero of the Rails (Thomas & Friends) PDF Author: Rev. W. Awdry
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0375983996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3

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Book Description
All aboard for a brand-new Thomas direct-to-DVD movie! All the fun, friendship, and adventure of Thomas’s new direct-to-DVD movie, Hero of the Rails, is captured in this handsome hardcover storybook.

Rising from the Rails

Rising from the Rails PDF Author: Larry Tye
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466818751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481

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Book Description
"A valuable window into a long-underreported dimension of African American history."—Newsday An engaging social history that reveals the critical role Pullman porters played in the struggle for African American civil rights When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly experience irresistible. They quickly signed up to serve as maid, waiter, concierge, nanny, and occasionally doctor and undertaker to cars full of white passengers, making the Pullman Company the largest employer of African American men in the country by the 1920s. In the world of the Pullman sleeping car, where whites and blacks lived in close proximity, porters developed a unique culture marked by idiosyncratic language, railroad lore, and shared experience. They called difficult passengers "Mister Charlie"; exchanged stories about Daddy Jim, the legendary first Pullman porter; and learned to distinguish generous tippers such as Humphrey Bogart from skinflints like Babe Ruth. At the same time, they played important social, political, and economic roles, carrying jazz and blues to outlying areas, forming America's first black trade union, and acting as forerunners of the modern black middle class by virtue of their social position and income. Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, Larry Tye reconstructs the complicated world of the Pullman porter and the vital cultural, political, and economic roles they played as forerunners of the modern black middle class. Rising from the Rails provides a lively and enlightening look at this important social phenomenon. • Named a Recommended Book by The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Seattle Times

Risky Rails!

Risky Rails! PDF Author: W. Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307976742
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Book Description
When a little engine is blamed for something he didn't do, Thomas becomes determined to clear his name. This full-color storybook, based on the new Thomas & Friends direct to DVD/Blue-ray movie Blue Mountain Mystery, is sure to thrill young boys ages 3-7.

A Crack in the Track (Thomas & Friends)

A Crack in the Track (Thomas & Friends) PDF Author: Rev. W. Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375986146
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Book Description
What does it take to bring the entire Island of Sodor Railway System to a halt? Just a crack in the track. Well, a crack in the track and some hail on rail . . . and a toad in the road, and a fuss on the bus. In fact, one thing leads to another until just about everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Luckily, there’s a breakdown train with a couple of cranes that can fix a big mess (and they don’t mind the rain). From the Hardcover edition.

Thomas and Gordon Off the Rails

Thomas and Gordon Off the Rails PDF Author: W. Awdry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780603563850
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Book Description
Young Thomas fans will love these easy readers, perfect for bedtime reading.

Reuben Rides the Rails

Reuben Rides the Rails PDF Author: B. G. McLaughlin
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449044484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Reuben Wells was once the most powerful locomotive in the world, pushing instead of pulling train cars up Madison Hill in southern Indiana, the steepest railroad grade in the United States. In this fictionalized story, Reuben laments being replaced by more powerful engines, but instead of going to scrap he eventually winds up as an exhibit in The Children's Museum in Indianapolis.

The Big Book of Engines (Thomas & Friends)

The Big Book of Engines (Thomas & Friends) PDF Author: Random House
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593127617
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Book Description
Meet all of the engines in this Thomas & Friends board book with a padded cover! Train-loving boys and girls ages 2 to 5 will love to discover fascinating facts about Thomas, Nia, Bertie, Harold, and all their favorite Thomas & Friends characters in this sturdy board book with padded cover. In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden train engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, the Reverend W Awdry, made up to accompany the wonderful toy were first published in 1945 and became the basis for the Railway Series, a collection of books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends--and the rest is history. Thomas & Friends(TM) are now a big extended family of engines and others on the Island of Sodor. They appear not only in books but also in television shows and movies, and as a wide variety of beautifully made toys. The adventures of Thomas and his friends, which are always, ultimately, about friendship, have delighted generations of train-loving boys and girls for more than 70 years and will continue to do so for generations to come.

The Great Race (Thomas & Friends)

The Great Race (Thomas & Friends) PDF Author: Kerry Milliron
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375986111
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Book Description
Bertie the Bus wants to race, and Thomas happily takes up the challenge. Bertie takes an early lead, but a patient Thomas proves there are advantages to riding on tracks instead of roads. Beginning readers will delight in this charming adaptation of the classic Thomas the Tank Engine story Thomas and Bertie. From the Trade Paperback edition.