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Nobisso, Josephine.
JOHN BLAIR AND THE GREAT HINCKLEY
FIRE
Boston : Houghton Mifflin,
2000.
IL K-3, RL 3.5
ISBN 0618015604
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time is September 1, 1894. The place is in Minnesota on board Train
No. 4, The Limited with Porter John Blair. The train on which he is a porter
is overtaken by a fierce firestorm that threatens to engulf the whole train
and its passengers. Will John Blair be able to help his passengers
escape certain death? Enjoy this true story of a freak disaster and
the great courage needed to face it. (Jean Bellavance bellavance@erols.com
for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2003) |
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SUBJECTS:
Blair, John Wesley.
Forest fires.
Heroes.
African Americans -- Biography.
Railroad accidents.
Hinkley Region (Minn.) -- History. |
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