A tall tale about a speedy, long-legged small town wonder who is faster than racehorses and locomotives...but not the telegraph. When he loses that race, however, the mayor offers him the job of telegraph operator, and his fingers turn out to be as fast as his feet.

Back matter includes a key to Morse code (alphabet, numbers, and punctuation). ( )

A good book to use to talk about inventions and tall tales. ( )

Great new tall tale, with elements of American History interspersed. ( )

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