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Meltzer, Milton

Hear That Train Whistle Blow!: How the Railroad Changed the World

159 pp. | Random | October, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-375-81563-5 $18.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-91563-X $20.95
(2) 4-6 Landmark Books series. Corporate and personal greed, political corruption, and the backbreaking, dangerous labor of immigrants are recurring themes in Meltzer's ambitious exploration of the nineteenth-century rush to connect the North American continent by railroad. Illustrated with compelling photos, the hard-hitting account is impressively informative and thought-provoking. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2004

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