Synopses & Reviews
Emma and the Silk Train takes readers back to the early years of the last century when passing high-speed trains brought romance and adventure to small towns in North America. On September 21, 1927, about 160 kilometers east of Vancouver, British Columbia, a high-speed silk train derailed, spilling some of its precious cargo of Oriental silk into the churning Fraser River. Emma's longing for a piece of silk and her determination to have it put her life in danger. This beautifully illustrated story is a fictional account of a little girl's adventure and dramatic rescue, based on an intriguing event in Canadian history.
Synopsis
A young girl's longing for a piece of silk almost leads to disaster when she risks her life to recover a length of fabric from the churning waters of a river.
Synopsis
Trains roared across North America from the turn of the century to the 1940s, transporting silk from the Far East to mills in New York. Based on a true-life derailment of a silk train in 1927, this book tells the story of Emma, a young girl who dreams of having some silk of her own. When the overturned train spills its precious cargo into a river, Emma risks her life to recover a length of silk from the churning waters. Full-color illustrations.