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O'Brien, Patrick

Steam, Smoke, and Steel: Back in Time with Trains

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | July, 2000 | Library ISBN 0-88106-969-8 $$16.95 | Paper ISBN 0-88106-972-8 $$6.95
(3) K-3 A contemporary boy talks about seven generations of his family who were railroad engineers. The fictional story frames well-illustrated, accurate information about representative locomotives showing in reverse chronology how the technology changed from the 1830s to the present. Done in watercolor and gouache, the illustrations consistently alternate between complete engines and details about them.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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