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03-17-2013, 04:43 PM,
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RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War
(03-17-2013, 01:07 PM)MaddieM Wrote: No, I haven't read that.

Maddie, you would probably greatly enjoy reading that book. Twain was such a cynical observer and was a brilliant writer. Here's a link to the book online:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3177/3177-h/3177-h.htm

His description of a rabbit or coyote breaking the sound barrier as it ran is one I can't imagine a person of that time writing. How he knew that running that fast would cause a cracking noise in the atmosphere is beyond me.

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Rail Travel in the Civil War - by MaddieM - 03-14-2013, 08:01 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by Jim Page - 03-14-2013, 09:06 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by MaddieM - 03-17-2013, 01:07 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by Jim Page - 03-17-2013, 04:43 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by MaddieM - 03-18-2013, 09:57 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by BettyO - 03-15-2013, 12:23 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by RJNorton - 03-15-2013, 05:20 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by Gene C - 03-15-2013, 09:01 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by BettyO - 03-18-2013, 11:10 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by Gene C - 03-18-2013, 03:56 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - by Jim Page - 03-18-2013, 07:28 PM

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