Rail Travel in the Civil War

[Jim Page]

(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.

--Jim