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The Iron Horse

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Free public-domain ebook (Project Gutenberg #21740)

  • English
  • EPUB
  • Listen with on-device AI voices

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Subjects

  • Biographical fiction
  • Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction
  • Telegraph -- Juvenile fiction
  • Railroads -- Juvenile fiction
  • Engineering -- Juvenile fiction
  • Industrialization -- Juvenile fiction

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