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41) The Newton boys
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
"It seems the only way The Newton Boys can make good is by goin' bad! Faster than you can say 'nitroglycerin', they've knocked over more than 80 banks from Texas to Canada. Now their sights are set on a multimillion-dollar Federal Reserve train robbery, but the Feds are about to turn up the heat"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Host Matt Brown, a real-life train conductor, brings his infectious passion for these monster machines to rail journeys across the U.S., and expert interviews reignite notable historical events in the evolution of the train, including the first train robbers, the demolition of Penn Station, and more.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Sam Bass was just a farm boy from Indiana, but he wound up in Texas and became one of the most notorious outlaws in the history of the Old West. Texas history has often referred to Bass as "Texas' Beloved Bandit" or "Robin Hood on a Fast Horse." Jerry Guin's historical novel The Bandit takes an unflinching look at the life and times of Sam Bass, from his almost accidental incursion into a life of lawlessness to his ill-fated end, and provides a vivid...
45) The Peking Express: the bandits who stole a train, stunned the West, and broke the Republic of China
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new railway line to distant Peking. With this new line comes the Peking Express, a luxurious express train on the cutting edge of China's continental transportation. Among those drawn to the train are oil heiress Lucy Aldrich, journalist John Benjamin Powell, and vacationing Army Majors Roland Pinger and Scott Allen, wives and children in tow. These errant...
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Description
Years before Jurassic Park, Michael Chrichton was known as The New York Times bestselling master of the techno-thriller. The three mesmerizing super-sellers in this collection--including his first novel, The Andromeda Strain--have sold well over 4 million copies and qualify as modern classics. Perfectly plotted stories that are fantastic, unbelievable and yet, somehow, very real, these novels pull the reader into bizarre situations full of spell-binding...