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The Rainy Day Railroad War

by Holman Day

Level C1 · AdvancedAdventure16 chapters
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CEFR level
C1
Length
16 chapters
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About this book

Tensions flare on a rugged railroad construction site where oppressed workers rebel against their harsh padrone, dragging a young engineer into a dangerous fight for justice amidst violence and chaos. Loyalty and courage are tested in this gritty adventure.

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Contents

16 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01CHAPTER ONE—THE TRYING-OUT OF ONE RODNEY PARKER, ASSISTANT ENGINEER · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER TWO—THE WHIM THAT PROJECTED THE FAMOUS “POQUETTE CARRY RAILROAD”
03CHAPTER THREE—ENGINEER PARKER GETS FINAL ORDERS FOR “THE LAND OF THE GIDEONITES.”
04CHAPTER FOUR—IN WHICH THE DOUGHTY “SWAMP SWOGON” ASTONISHES SUNKHAZE SETTLEMENT
05CHAPTER FIVE—HOW COLONEL GIDEON WAS BACKED DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE
06CHAPTER SIX—IN WHICH “THE CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” CASTS HIS SHADOW LONG BEFORE HIM
07CHAPTER SEVEN—HOW “THE FRESH-WATER CORSAIRS” CAME TO SUNKHAZE
08CHAPTER EIGHT—THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WENT SWIMMING AND THE ENGINEER WHO WAS STOLEN
09CHAPTER NINE—UP THE WINDING WAY TO THE “OGRE OF THE BIG WOODS.”
10CHAPTER TEN—THE WANGAN DUEL
11CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE BEAR THAT WALKED LIKE A MAN
12CHAPTER TWELVE—THE STRANGE “CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE”

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