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Steam, smoke, and steel back in time with trains

A boy traces the development of railroad engines from coal to steam to diesel as he recounts his family's experience of driving trains over the years.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Brien, Patrick, 1960-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2000.
Subjects:	Locomotives > Juvenile nonfiction. Railroad trains > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	A boy traces the development of railroad engines from coal to steam to diesel as he recounts his family's experience of driving trains over the years.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
ISBN:	0881069698 0881069728 (softcover) :
Author Notes:	Patrick O'Brien was raised a Navy "brat" and moved around a lot as a child, but now he calls Baltimore, Maryland, home. He grew up drawing and painting, but did not realize that he should be an illustrator until after he graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in biology. He then attended art school at Virginia Commonwealth University and started a successful freelance career drawing storyboards for advertising agencies. In addition to STEAM, SMOKE and STEEL, Patrick has illustrated several other children's books, including A WASP IS NOT A BEE (Holt), A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME, BOTTOMS UP: A BOOK ABOUT REAR ENDS (Holt), and GIGANTIC: HOW BIG WERE THE DINOSAURS (Holt).