{"product_id":"railroad-stories-2-the-legend-of-king-lawson-paperback","title":"Railroad Stories #2: The Legend of King Lawson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. S. Dellinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold Venture presents \u003ci\u003eRailroad Stories #2: The Legend of King Lawson\u003c\/i\u003e by E.S. Dellinger! Five tales from \u003ci\u003eRailroad Stories Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e starring King Lawson! Written by an author who knew his trains first-hand!\"Washout!\" ... \"Mixed Orders\" ... \"Boomer Trails\" ... \"Landslide\" and \"Snowed In!\" -- five hair-raising, heart-tugging stories following William \"Kingsley\" Lawson from gandy dancer to trainmaster, and then from riches to rags! Lawson turns his back on a harrowing accident, an unfaithful wife, a duplicitious friend, and follows the lonely Boomer Trail from town to town to train yard.Can King return to the top of the railroad heap? Was he repsonsible for the tragic accident that cost hundreds their lives? Did his wife and former friend have relations behind his unsuspecting back? Or was it all a tragic misjudgment? How will they ever reconcile when floods, fires, snow drifts and shady con-men come between them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica's foremost railroad fiction writer was born at Norwood, Mo., on June 1, 1886. At age of 4 he took his first train ride to attend the wedding of his future mother-in-law. After working as a gandy dancer on the \"katy,\" and teaching school, he got a job braking freight on the Mo.P. through the efforts of his brother, conductor Bill Dellinger. Later he and Bill went into Frisco train service. E.S. Dellinger quit the railroad, graduated from New Mexico Normal University in 1923, and served as superintendent of public schools at Spring, N.M. (1923-33), meanwhile writing for various magazines. Most of his stories are novelettes. Several of them appeared in \u003ci\u003eRailroad Man's Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRailroad Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, beginning with \"Redemption For Slim\" (Dec. 1929). His best-known recurring characters were Brick Donley, King Lawson, Redhot Frost and Rud Randall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53429833761075,"sku":"9781517558444","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EPDExYRQ7U9781517558444.webp?v=1780647008","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/railroad-stories-2-the-legend-of-king-lawson-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}