Locomotive: Building an Eight-Wheeler
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Book Description
In the 1830s, Americans fell in love with railroads and locomotives. Soon we were building the biggest, most powerful locomotives in the world. The steam locomotive became a symbol of American ingenuity and skill that our national poet, Walt Whitman, called an "emblem of motion and power - pulse of the continent." One of the most useful locomotives was a wood-burning 4-4-0, an eight-wheeler made f... More
Book Information
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company |
Binding | Hardcover |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 40 |
ISBN-10 | 0395696879 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0395696873 |
Publication Date | 09/27/1999 |
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