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Book · Middle Grade

Little Blacknose

by Hildegarde Swift

149 pages · 1929

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About the book

Delightful children's story about the Dewitt Clinton, the pioneer locomotive. Told from the locomotive's perspective, it follows his life from construction at the blacksmith's shop to his retirement to Grand Central Station on the 100th birthday of the New York Central. The book was a Newbury Award Honor winner in 1930. Illustrated throughout with drawings. The pages are edged with little miniature locomotives and there are decorative end papers. 149 pages.

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