The Train Jumper
| Author | : Don Brown |
| Publisher | : Roaring Brook Press |
| Total Pages | : 108 |
| Release | : 2014-06-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781466874367 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1466874368 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (368 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Train Jumper by : Don Brown
Download or read book The Train Jumper written by Don Brown and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUT OF WORK AND OUT OF LUCK. In Don Brown's The Train Jumper Ed "Collie" Collier encounters hobos, misers, racists, and even some kindness while riding the rails during the Great Depression. Collie leaves home in search of his older brother, who has run off. Battling hunger, hostility, and wrathful weather, he meets an unlikely ally in a young drifter. They jump a freight train, joining thousands and thousands of young boys and men who try riding out the Great Depression by riding the rails.
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