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Runaway train : saved by Belle of the Mines and Mountains
Publication Information
South Egremont, MA : Red Chair Press, [2015]
Physical Description
40 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Audience
009-012.
Summary
In 1856, 15-year-old Bella Lee Dunkinson began hanging around the local railroad in western Tennessee. 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. 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."
Subjects
- Railroad engineers > Tennessee > Biography > Juvenile drama.
- Railroad trains > Tennessee > History > Juvenile drama.
- Railroad engineers > Tennessee > Biography > Drama.
- Railroad trains > Tennessee > History > Drama.
- Historical drama.
- Biographical drama.
- Dunkinson, Bella Lee > Juvenile drama.
- Dunkinson, Bella Lee > Drama.