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5) The wrecker
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Isaac Bell thrillers volume 2
Language
English
Description
A year of financial panic and labor unrest, 1907 sees train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express line. Desperate for help the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn's best man, Isaac Bell, quickly discovers a mysterious saboteur haunting the hobo jungles of the West. Known only as the Wrecker, he recruits vulnerable accomplices from the down-and-out to attack the railroad, and...
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s. The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver,...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
It's so busy on the island of Sodor that Sir Topham Hatt needs to bring in some new engines to keep the railway running smoothly. There is Spencer, the fastest express engine the island has ever seen. Meet Emily, the sleek green engine with the beautiful brass dome. And new friend Arthur, whose spotless record gets ruined when Thomas plays a trick on him. Join Thomas and his new friends for train loads of discovery and fun.
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