The Train Jumper

By Don Brown

Release : 2014-06-24

Genre : Historical Fiction for Young Adults, Books, Young Adult, Fiction for Young Adults, Coming of Age for Young Adults

Kind : ebook

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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.

The Train Jumper

By Don Brown

Release : 2014-06-24

Genre : Historical Fiction for Young Adults, Books, Young Adult, Fiction for Young Adults, Coming of Age for Young Adults

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
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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