The Rocket
by Helen C. Knight
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About this eBook
- Author
- Knight, Helen C. (Helen Cross), 1814-1906
- Title
- The Rocket: The Story of the Stephensons, Father and Son
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, readbueno and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859 -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 50119
- Release Date
- October 3, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ROCKET.
- 2.Preface.
- 3.Contents.
- 4.List of Illustrations.
- 5.CHAPTER I. LIFE AMONG THE COAL PITS.
- 6.CHAPTER II. MENDING AND MAKING—LITTLE BOB.
- 7.CHAPTER III. WHO BEGAN RAILROADS?—"PUFFING BILLY."
- 8.CHAPTER IV. TWO CITIES THAT WANTED TO GET NEAR EACH OTHER—A NEW FRIEND.
- 9.CHAPTER V. HUNTING UP HIS OWN WORK—AN ENTERPRISING QUAKER—WHAT WAS THE RESULT?
- 10.CHAPTER VI. THE TWO CITIES TRYING AGAIN—BUGBEARS.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. GRAPPLING WITH DIFFICULTIES—THE BOG—A PUZZLE—THE PRIZE OFFER.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. ROBERT'S RETURN—A CURIOUS ENCOUNTER—THE PRIZE ENGINE.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. OPENING OF THE NEW ROAD—DIFFICULTIES VANISH—A NEW ERA.
- 14.CHAPTER X. THE STEPHENSON CENTENARY—HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE.
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