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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
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Mike proves that, although dated, his steam shovel is still useful.
When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they find a new opportunity in a very surprising place.
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Rattle back into a time when Chicago was a city of cable cars. For almost one-quarter of a century, Chicago boasted the largest cable car system the world has ever seen, transporting more than one billion riders. Borzo guides readers through the fascinating story of the rise and fall of this aspects of Chicago's transit history.
5) Remembered
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"It is 1910 and Philadelphia is burning. The last place Spring wants to be is in the run-down, colored section of a hospital surrounded by the groans of sick people and the ghost of her dead sister. But as her son Edward lays dying, she has no other choice. There are whispers that Edward drove a streetcar into a shop window. Some people think it was an accident, others claim that it was his fault, the police are certain that he was part of a darker...
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel plus three other classic picture book favorites, in one collection.
The four complete and unabridged picture books by Virginia Lee Burton in this volume are:
Virginia Lee Burton wrote and illustrated stories that have been entertaining
...7) Cable cars
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Discusses the invention, development, and operation of cable cars, particularly in the United States.
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"Detroit's Streetcar Heritage is a photographic essay of the Detroit, Michigan, streetcar system. ... [It] documents the city's streetcar era plus scenes of the PCC cars in Mexico City, the Washington Boulevard Line which operated from 1976 to 2003, and the QLINE streetcar which opened in 2017 on Woodward Avenue linking Grand Boulevard with downtown Detroit."--Back cover.
12) Conductor 1492
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A young Irish immigrant becomes a streetcar conductor and fights off a gang who wants to take control of the company. A dramatic and comedic classic.
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