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despite the fact that it has achieved more than most people have dared to want

when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas

he might just find it again

Marshlands tell of a harassed young writer's efforts to produce a novel which will persuade his friends to abandon their directionless lives

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Freight Train Condition:Good despite the fact that itIn simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This Caldecott Honor Book features bright colors and bold shapes. Even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he or she has watched a freight train pass after reading Freight Train. Donald Crews drew on childhood memories of trains seen during his travels to his grandparents' farm in the American