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Issue: The World Around Us #4
Publication Date: December 1958
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Issues: #4 of 36 Issues
Title: The Illustrated Story of Railroads
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
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Indicia Publisher: Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1958
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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)
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Disclose Notes: Printed in the U.S.A. On-sale date from 1958 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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Character(s): Moses; Wise Men; Theodore Roosevelt
First Line: Special introductory offer
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Disclose Notes: Promo, with order coupon, for Classics Illustrated Special Issues.
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The Illustrated Story of Railroads

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A Weapon of War

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction
Character(s): Edwin Stanton; General Irwin McDowell; Herman Haupt; Union soldiers
Synopsis: 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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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): John Fitch; Nicholas Cugnot; Richard Trevithick; George Stephenson; Robert Stephenson
Synopsis: 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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Genres: historical, humorous, non-fiction
Character(s): John T. Clark; passengers; spectators; engineer
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): John Henry
Synopsis: 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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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): George Westinghouse; brakemen; engineers; railroad executives
Synopsis: Westinghouse invents airbrakes using compressed air, enabling long trains to stop safely.
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The Way West

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Surveyors; engineers; soldiers; American Indians [Native Americans]; Jefferson Davis; General Grenville Dodge
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Conductor; telegrapher; flagman; engineer
Synopsis: Over time, railroads develop automatic semaphore systems to enhance safety.
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Casey's Last Ride

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Genres: biography, historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Casey Jones [John Luther Jones]; telegraphers; firemen; flagmen; station agents
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Teen; passengers; railroad personnel
Synopsis: Review of the history of railroads and their then-current use, and speculation about their use in the future.
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Character(s): Geppetto; Pinocchio; Thumbelina; three Bears; Steadfast Tin Soldier
First Line: The wonderful world of fairy tales
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Disclose Notes: Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics Illustrated Junior (HRN 557).
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Character(s): Julius Caesar
First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
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Disclose Notes: Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics Illustrated (HRN 146)

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