I Dream of Trains.by Angela Johnson Please note: this is not the same Angela Johnson who won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003. Angela Johnson is the first woman sentenced to death by a United States Federal jury since Bonnie Brown Heady was executed by the gas chamber in 1953. , Illustrated by Loren Long The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers September September: see month. 2003, $16.95. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-689-82609-5 Bold and provocative in prose, picture and content, I Dream of Trains is a work worthy of any contemporary collection. Based on the facts and songs of which legends, fistfights and discussions are born, it transports readers to the American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of South following Reconstruction. Told in the first person, through the eyes of a child, Casey Jones's legacy and the expectations of travel are the stuff of which this dream is made. There are also the beauty and conflicts of collaborative effort that family, friends, neighbors and community provide to give life, meaning, and perspective to all dreams. Both the author and illustrator are prize-winning practitioners of their respective crafts. A fabulous introduction to history, poetry, art and books in general, I Dream of Trains is especially accessible to fledgling readers, and visually compelling to all. |
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