Steve and the Steam Engine

by Sara Ware Bassett

19 chapters6h 3mEnglish1921

About this book

Young Stephen Tolman disobeys his father and takes the family car out for a ride with a group of classmates, resulting in scratches and dings, not to mention running out of gas. Will he confess to the deed? Meanwhile, Stephen travels with his father to New York, getting into misadventures and learning the history of travel by rail and by steam along the way. Book 2 of the Invention Series. (Summary by Brian Keenan)

Chapters (19)

1An Unpremeditated Folly

1592

2A Meeting With an Old Friend

1239

3A Second Calamity

1501

4The Story of the First Railroad

1420

5Steve Learns a Sad Lesson

891

6Mr. Tolman's Second Yarn

1472

7A Holiday Journey

1374

8New York and What Happened There

1248

9An Astounding Calamity

1677

10An Evening of Adventure

895

11The Crossing of the Country

1139

12New Problems

734

13Dick Makes His Second Appearance

1151

14A Steamboat Trip By Rail

1124

15The Romance of the Clipper Ship

958

16Again the Magic Door Opens

671

17More Steamboating

1322

18A Thanksgiving Tragedy

852

19The End of the House Party

533

Steve and the Steam Engine

About this book

Chapters (19)

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