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Rail Travel in the Civil War
03-17-2013, 03:43 PM
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(03-17-2013 12:07 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.

--Jim

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Rail Travel in the Civil War - MaddieM - 03-14-2013, 07:01 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - MaddieM - 03-17-2013, 12:07 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - Jim Page - 03-17-2013 03:43 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - MaddieM - 03-18-2013, 08:57 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - BettyO - 03-14-2013, 11:23 PM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - Gene C - 03-15-2013, 08:01 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - BettyO - 03-18-2013, 10:10 AM
RE: Rail Travel in the Civil War - Gene C - 03-18-2013, 02:56 PM

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