
Runaway Train
Saved by Belle of the Mines and Mountains
Red Chair Press
Published on 1. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
40 pages
978-1-939656-72-8 (ISBN)
Description
Lonely and bored with rural life in 1856, young Bella Lee Dunkinson began to hang around the local railroad. Engineer John Hardiman took a liking to the spirited girl and gave her a boy's responsibilities helping with the engine. One stormy night, the engine was slipping dangerously on wet rails. While John was putting sand on the tracks, Bella found herself alone in the cab driving the train up a steep and dangerous mountainside?a 16-year-old female faced with a task that would terrify any seasoned male engineer. After her heroic and triumphant climb to the mountaintop, she was hailed by the miners who met her there as the "Belle of the Mines and Mountains."
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Fifth Grade, Reading Age: From 8 to 9 years, Interest Age: From 8 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Glossary; Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-939656-72-8 (9781939656728)
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Persons
Wim Coleman has written more than 100 books with his wife. For 13 years he lived in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where he created and managed a scholarship program for at-risk youth.