Dad's Railroad: The Mountain Goat - Paperback
Dad's Railroad: The Mountain Goat - Paperback
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by Jack Baggenstoss (Illustrator), Mary Patten Priestley (Author)
A children's story about the short line railroad that climbed the mountain from Cowan and stretched to Palmer, as told by 10-year-old Fritz, who lives in Tracy City, Tennessee, in the 1920s. Take a ride with Fritz as he heads down to Cowan for a birthday treat, out to Palmer for the opening of the Big Mine, and places in-between.
Author Biography
A native of Chattanooga, Mary Patten Priestley has spent her adult life in Sewanee, Tennessee. Since majoring in forestry at Sewanee, she has earned master's degrees in biology and in fine arts. She edits the Sewanee Plant Press, which is the newsletter of the Friends of the Sewanee Herbarium. She also writes articles for the Tennessee Conservationist Magazine and the newsletter of the Friends of South Cumberland. Mary has authored three children's books, William's Wildflowers; Dad's Railroad, the Mountain Goat; and Little Brown Hen, Librarian, as well as Fiery Gizzard, Voices from the Wilderness and Hike 'Em All at South Cumberland. She is co-author and illustrator of Go Take a Hike, a guide to hiking on the Domain of The University of the South. Mary and husband Mac, emeritus professor of mathematics at Sewanee, are the parents of three grown children.
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