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Biblio File Book Review: Eureka newspaper columnist turns novelist, tells tale of a famous railroad
Chico Enterprise Record, May 24, 2007 by Dan Barnett
Tim Martin normally writes a column about running for the Eureka Times-Standard. But he was so entranced by tales of a black Labrador that rode the lumber trains in the early 1900s he decided to write a children's book.
"The Legend of Boomer Jack" ($16.95 in paperback from PublishAmerica) is aimed at readers from 9 to 12 years of age, and it's a fast-paced story sure to draw reader interest with its account of old steam locomotives, a little girl who longs to be Boomer's owner and a mean-hearted drunken dog catcher named Fisk.
The full text of this article can be found at The Chico Enterprise Record.
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