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Cover of Train Dreams
Cover art: The Race (Homeward Bound), 1942 by Thomas Hart Benton
Train Dreams
Read August 31, 2025

Publication Details

Type: Book
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2002

Reading Details

Pages: 115
Location: Lawrence, Kansas (US)

Highlights

First Paragraph:

In the summer of 1917 Robert Grainier took part in an attempt on the life of a Chinese laborer caught, or anyway accused of, stealing from the company stores of the Spokane International Railway in the Idaho Panhandle.

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