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This is a book of wonderfully vivid stories of railroad life, portraying the heroism of trainmen, telegraph operators, and despatchers, each story a complete drama in itself, with thrilling climax, and yet too truthful to be classed as sensational. It is by Alvah Milton Kerr, formerly a train-despatcher of long experience, and now a justly noted writer of railroad stories, who has brought together from many sources the most striking acts of heroism performed during the last quarter of a century of railroad activity, and has cast them in stories of singularly intense interest.
Most of these stories first appeared in “McClure’s Magazine,” “The Youth’s Companion,” “Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post” and “Success;” which fact is a very strong guarantee of merit. No one who begins reading these stories in this finely printed, illustrated, and bound book will be likely to allow anything to interfere with their completion.
“An ideal book for a young boy is ‘Young Heroes of Wire and Rail,’ and, indeed, the older folks who begin to read will continue to the end.”—Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia.
“The tone of the work is healthful and inspiring.”—Boston Herald.
“They teach more bravery, unselfishness and forethought in a page than can be imparted in an hour of ‘ethical’ instruction in school.”—New York Times.
“The tone of the stories is fine, showing unexpected bravery and courage in many of the characters.”—Delineator, New York.
“A book that not only yields entertainment and healthy excitement, but reveals some of the possibilities always confronting railroad workers and train despatchers.”—Christian Register, Boston.
“They are calculated to inspire boys to become manly, and incidentally they contain considerable valuable information.”—Newark News.
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LEE & SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston