Railroad Voices

Railroad Voices
Author: Linda Niemann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0804732094

Photographs and memoirs interplay to place the reader inside the exciting, changing, and dangerous world of railroad life in America. This collaboration by two of the first women to work as railroad brakemen presents an evocative and honest portrayal of a world few people have access to. Visit http://www.sup.org/railroad.html for a virtual exhibition.

Voices from the Underground Railroad

Voices from the Underground Railroad
Author: Kay Winters
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735231168

From the creators of Voices from the Oregon Trail and Colonial Voices, an unflinching story of two young runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, told in their voices and those who helped and hindered them It's the 1850s and enslaved siblings Jeb and Mattie are about the make a break for freedom. The pair travel north from Maryland to New Bedford, Massachusetts along the Underground Railroad. Each spread tells about a step of their journey through a poem in the first person perspective. The main and repeating voices are Jeb and Mattie, but we also hear from the stationmasters and conductors, those who offer them haven, as well as those who want to capture them. Like its predecessors in the Voices series, this richly researched and beautifully illustrated picture book brings a difficult chapter of American history to life for young readers.

Voices from the Railroad

Voices from the Railroad
Author: Sue Lee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2019
Genre: China
ISBN: 9781885864604

""Voices from the railroad : stories by descendants of Chinese railroad workers" reveal the stories of Chinese railroad workers and their descendants. These stories have never been told outside of their families: until now. Learn about Chin Lin Sou, Hung Lai Woh, Jim King, Lim Lip Hong, Lee Ling & Lee Yik Gim, Lee Wong Sang, Lum Ah Chew, Mock Chuck, & Moy Jin Mun, workers of the Central Pacific Railroad. No longer nameless, faceless workers lost to history, their stories will shatter misconceptions about the Chinese who helped build America."--

Voices from the Underground Railroad

Voices from the Underground Railroad
Author: Kay Winters
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0803740921

From the creators of Voices from the Oregon Trail and Colonial Voices, an unflinching story of two young runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, told in their voices and those who helped and hindered them It's the 1850s and enslaved siblings Jeb and Mattie are about the make a break for freedom. The pair travel north from Maryland to New Bedford, Massachusetts along the Underground Railroad. Each spread tells about a step of their journey through a poem in the first person perspective. The main and repeating voices are Jeb and Mattie, but we also hear from the stationmasters and conductors, those who offer them haven, as well as those who want to capture them. Like its predecessors in the Voices series, this richly researched and beautifully illustrated picture book brings a difficult chapter of American history to life for young readers.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman
Author: Patricia Lantier
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778748229

Examines the life of Harriet Tubman, who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Railroad Noir

Railroad Noir
Author: Linda G. Niemann
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0253001544

Culled from the 20 years she spent traveling the American West as a freight brakeman and conductor, Linda Grant Niemann's Railroad Noir delves into the darker side of railroading. The 1990s were a time of crisis for workers caught in the breakup of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Niemann's tales of exhaustion, alcoholism, homelessness, and corporate blundering present a revelatory account of railroading life. Photographer Joel Jensen realizes Niemann's vision of the working West with images of cowboy bars, blue motels, and railroaders working in electrical storms, white-outs, and desert heat waves. The result is an honest, gritty, and striking collaboration.

Railroad Hank

Railroad Hank
Author: Lisa Moser
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2012-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375868496

On his way to visit Granny Bett, who is feeling blue, Railroad Hank stops at the farms of several friends and, misunderstanding their offers to help, winds up with a trainload of crazy cargo.

Finding Hidden Voices of the Chinese Railroad Workers

Finding Hidden Voices of the Chinese Railroad Workers
Author: Mary L. Maniery
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781939531186

Archaeologists and historians trace the steps of Chinese railroad workers, find evidence of their daily lives, and work to keep the knowledge of their achievements alive for future generations.

On the Rails

On the Rails
Author: Linda Niemann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1996
Genre: Women railroad employees
ISBN:

The first woman to go railroading on the Southern Pacific recounts her journey--the people who work on the trains, the craft of the railroader, the Western landscape that inspired her--providing an elegy to a dying trade.