The Iron Way
- ISBN-10
- 0192751522
- ISBN-13
- 9780192751522
- Series
- The Iron Way
- Category
- Railroad stories
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Author
- Gillian Cross
Description
For 12 year old Jem, the coming of the railways was the most spectacular thing he had ever seen. However it meant that the old way of life was threatened, and people didn't want things to change. As the tension grew between the villagers and the navvies, Jem was caught in the middle.
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