Right on track : read all about the nasty bits!
Deary, Terry2022
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Discover all the foul facts behind the story of trains and railways across the world with history's most horrible headlines: locomotive edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to the tracks. From the puffing pioneers of the British railways, Victorians who worked down in the mines to the money grabbing railroad surveyors in the United States steam rolling the industrial revolution forwards, the abysmal accidents to the badly built bridges, smoky tales, tunnel disasters and more, it's all in 'Right on Track'.
Main title:
Right on track : read all about the nasty bits! / Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown.
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Imprint:
London : Scholastic, 2022.London : Scholastic, 2022.
Collation:
133 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780702312359 (pbk)
Dewey class:
385.09J 385.09
Language:
English
Subject:
Railroads -- History -- Juvenile literatureRailroads -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 9+Science and TechnologyHistorical states, empires & regionsInterest age: from c 7 yearsInterest age: from c 11 yearsRailway technology, engineering & tradesIntelligent & automated transport system technology
BRN:
2584845