Oscar Ogilvie lives with his dad in Cairo, Illinois. He and his dad love model railroads. They spend many blissful hours together working on their layout. Their Lionel trains corresponded exactly to the real trains of the day, like the Blue Comet, Then the Crash hits. His dad loses his job and their house. Their beloved trains are sold to the local banker to give his dad money to get to California to find work. Oscar goes to live with his frugal, no-frills aunt. His drifter friend gets him into the bank to see his trains when he is a witness to a robbery gone bad. Jump, calls his friend, and he does right into the train layout, finding himself under the tin bench stamped Lionel Company. He is in the world of trains, riding with 'Dutch' to California. His life is peppered with notables of the time, Mr. H (Hitchcock), Dutch Reagon, and even a childhood acquaintance. A most delightful read and the illustrations are wonderful. Any doubt as to the identify of Mr. H, is so detailed in the illustration.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
On the Blue Comet / Rosemary Wells 329 p. 20th Century Historical Fiction + Time travel
On the Blue Comet / Rosemary Wells 329 p.
Oscar Ogilvie lives with his dad in Cairo, Illinois. He and his dad love model railroads. They spend many blissful hours together working on their layout. Their Lionel trains corresponded exactly to the real trains of the day, like the Blue Comet, Then the Crash hits. His dad loses his job and their house. Their beloved trains are sold to the local banker to give his dad money to get to California to find work. Oscar goes to live with his frugal, no-frills aunt. His drifter friend gets him into the bank to see his trains when he is a witness to a robbery gone bad. Jump, calls his friend, and he does right into the train layout, finding himself under the tin bench stamped Lionel Company. He is in the world of trains, riding with 'Dutch' to California. His life is peppered with notables of the time, Mr. H (Hitchcock), Dutch Reagon, and even a childhood acquaintance. A most delightful read and the illustrations are wonderful. Any doubt as to the identify of Mr. H, is so detailed in the illustration.
Oscar Ogilvie lives with his dad in Cairo, Illinois. He and his dad love model railroads. They spend many blissful hours together working on their layout. Their Lionel trains corresponded exactly to the real trains of the day, like the Blue Comet, Then the Crash hits. His dad loses his job and their house. Their beloved trains are sold to the local banker to give his dad money to get to California to find work. Oscar goes to live with his frugal, no-frills aunt. His drifter friend gets him into the bank to see his trains when he is a witness to a robbery gone bad. Jump, calls his friend, and he does right into the train layout, finding himself under the tin bench stamped Lionel Company. He is in the world of trains, riding with 'Dutch' to California. His life is peppered with notables of the time, Mr. H (Hitchcock), Dutch Reagon, and even a childhood acquaintance. A most delightful read and the illustrations are wonderful. Any doubt as to the identify of Mr. H, is so detailed in the illustration.
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