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The Dreadful Truth: Building the Railway

Book Description
This irreverent and witty book describes the building of Canada's railway. Author Ted Staunton serves up a saucy tour through the railway fiasco beginning in the 1850s with the first attempts at running a steam engine on a short length of track.
With cartoon-style illustrations on every page, this book uncovers the scandals about government financing, as well as the to-ing and fro-ing about th... More
Book Information
PublisherFormac Distributing, Ltd.
BindingPaperback
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages80
ISBN-100887806902
ISBN-13978-0887806902
Publication Date11/01/2005
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About Ted Staunton (Author) : Ted Staunton is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Ted Staunton include Campfire Morgan, The Dreadful Truth: Canadian Crime, Super Move, Mor... more
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About Brian Goff (Illustrator) : Brian Goff is a published illustrator. A published credit of Brian Goff is The Dreadful Truth: Building the Railway.
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