The World on Wheels, and Other Sketches
Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I. THE "WHEEL" INSTINCT.3. CHAPTER II. THE CONCORD COACH.4. CHAPTER III. THE RAGING CANAL.5. CHAPTER IV. THE IRON AGE.6. CHAPTER V. THE IRON HORSE.7. CHAPTER VI. PLUNGING INTO THE WILDERNESS.8. CHAPTER VII. VICIOUS ANIMALS.9. CHAPTER VIII. HABITS OF ENGINES AND TRAIN MEN.10. CHAPTER IX. IN THE SADDLE.11. CHAPTER X. RACING AND PLOWING.12. CHAPTER XI. SNOW-BOUND.13. CHAPTER XII. SCALDED TO DEATH.14. CHAPTER XIII. ALL ABOARD!15. CHAPTER XIV. EARLY AND LATE.16. CHAPTER XV. DEAD HEADS.17. CHAPTER XVI. WORKING "BY THE DAY."18. CHAPTER XVII. A SLANDERER AND A WEATHER MAKER.19. CHAPTER XVIII. DREAMING ON THE CARS.20. CHAPTER XIX. "MEET ME BY MOONLIGHT."21. CHAPTER XX. THE MAKER OF CITIES.22. CHAPTER XXI. A CABOOSE RIDE.23. CHAPTER XXII. HATCHING OUT A WOMAN.24. CHAPTER XXIII. A FLANK MOVEMENT.25. CHAPTER XXIV. LIGHT AND SHADE.26. CHAPTER XXV. PRECIOUS CARGOES.27. CHAPTER I. MY STARRY DAYS.28. CHAPTER II. "No. 104,163."29. CHAPTER III. OUR OLD GRANDMOTHER.30. CHAPTER IV. OUT-DOOR PREACHING.31. CHAPTER V. THE STORY OF THE BELL.32. CHAPTER VI. "MY EYE!"33. CHAPTER VII. THE OLD ROAD.34. CHAPTER VIII. A BIRD HEAVEN.