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Issue: The World Around Us #4
Publication Date: December 1958
 
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Title: The Illustrated Story of Railroads
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
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Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss
Disclose Notes: Printed in the U.S.A.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint interior; Glossy cover
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Moses; Wise Men; Theodore Roosevelt
Special introductory offer
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Promo, with order coupon, for Classics Illustrated Special Issues.
The Illustrated Story of Railroads

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A Weapon of War

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Jack Kirby (layouts); Norman Nodel ?
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historical, military, non-fiction
Edwin Stanton; General Irwin McDowell; Herman Haupt; Union soldiers
Recalled to the colors in 1862, Herman Haupt energizes and trains the Union army's engineering and railroading arm, and plays a key role in victory at Gettysburg.
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Birth of the Locomotive

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historical, non-fiction
John Fitch; Nicholas Cugnot; Richard Trevithick; George Stephenson; Robert Stephenson
Various workers improve the steam engine, and work on self-propelled vehicles. The Stephensons turn the locomotive and the railroad into practical propositions.
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A Very Merry Ride

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William H. Brown (original); ? (adaptation)
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historical, humorous, non-fiction
John T. Clark; passengers; spectators; engineer
Through many a mishap, the 1831 "De Witt Clinton" locomotive pulls a crowded train from Albany to Schenectady.
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A Steel Driving Man

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Norman Nodel
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John Henry
John Henry beats a steam drill in a challenge, but dies with a hammer in his hand.
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Stopped by Wind

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George Westinghouse; brakemen; engineers; railroad executives
Westinghouse invents airbrakes using compressed air, enabling long trains to stop safely.
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The Way West

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Rudy Palais ?
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Surveyors; engineers; soldiers; American Indians [Native Americans]; Jefferson Davis; General Grenville Dodge
Surveyors explore possible routes for a transcontinental railroad, and Dodge finds a way through the Black Hills.
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Highball!

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Sam Glanzman
Sam Glanzman
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Conductor; telegrapher; flagman; engineer
Over time, railroads develop automatic semaphore systems to enhance safety.
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Casey's Last Ride

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Wallace saunders (original); ? (adaptation)
John Forte ?
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biography, historical, non-fiction
Casey Jones [John Luther Jones]; telegraphers; firemen; flagmen; station agents
Casey Jones climbs the ladder of railroading jobs to become an engineer. In 1900 he sacrifices his life to save passengers by staying at his post to slow the train down.
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Today and Tomorrow

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John Tartaglione
John Tartaglione
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Teen; passengers; railroad personnel
Review of the history of railroads and their then-current use, and speculation about their use in the future.
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Geppetto; Pinocchio; Thumbelina; three Bears; Steadfast Tin Soldier
The wonderful world of fairy tales
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Julius Caesar
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