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Replaced by modern, motorized equipment, Sam Trolley, the fireman, wonders what will become of him, the little horse-drawn fire engine, and Toby, the fire horse.Tags
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themulhern When the steam shovel moves to the country and settles into retirement, a steam-powered horse-drawn fire engine is very much present at the apotheosis.
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Little Snoreing has a very small fire station on its main street. The fire station houses the little fire engine and the horse, Toby, that pulls it. This fire engine is steam-powered; it uses the steam power to pump the water, since clearly it doesn't use the steam power to move; that's Toby's job. So, it is a steam engine, but definitely not a steam locomotive. It wins out in the end over the newer, possibly gas-powered, fire engine. The illustrations were good but it would be impossible to understand the operation of the fire engine from looking at them; they are not detailed and precise enough.
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Born in 1904, Graham Greene was the son of a headmaster and the fourth of six children. Preferring to stay home and read rather than endure the teasing at school that was a by-product of his father's occupation, Greene attempted suicide several times and eventually dropped out of school at the age of 15. His parents sent him to an analyst in show more London who recommended he try writing as therapy. He completed his first novel by the time he graduated from college in 1925. Greene wrote both entertainments and serious novels. Catholicism was a recurring theme in his work, notable examples being The Power and the Glory (1940) and The End of the Affair (1951). Popular suspense novels include: The Heart of the Matter, Our Man in Havana and The Quiet American. Greene was also a world traveler and he used his experiences as the basis for many books. One popular example, Journey Without Maps (1936), was based on a trip through the jungles of Liberia. Greene also wrote and adapted screenplays, including that of the 1949 film, The Third Man, which starred Orson Welles. He died in Vevey, Switzerland in 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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