Title Ride the iron horse / Marjorie Darke ; decorations by Michael Jackson

Published Harmondsworth : Longman Young Books, 1973

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB SPCBC	819 Darke Mar/Rti		LIB USE ONLY

Description 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Notes Children's stories in English, 1900-. Texts (BNB/PRECIS) John Gate's obsession with machines and putting the railway through his village brings hatred and violence into John's own small piece of the world. It divides him from his family and friends yet also brings him the love of the Squire's rebellious daughter, Frances Audience For adolescents Subject Children's stories. Intergroup relations -- Juvenile fiction. Railroads -- England -- Worcestershire -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Fiction. Author Jackson, Michael. ISBN 0582160308

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