Thought I'd share this train wreck from the Chemung River Valley:
http://twainsgeography.com/content/big-flats-train-wreck-1889
On Fri, 2018-08-03 at 20:32 +0000, Andrews, Gregory A wrote:
> Ballads might be of interest here. "The Wreck of the Old '97" is a
> good exa=
> mple. G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter wrote the song about the 1903
> mail tra=
> in derailment around Danville, VA. Vernon Dalhart also recorded it in
> 1924,=
> and, of course, many other artists have recorded it since then.
>
>
> "Scalded to Death by the Steam: Authentic Stories of Railroad
> Disasters and=
> the Ballads That Were Written About Them," a book by Katie Letcher
> Lyle wo=
> uld be useful.
>
>
> Gregg Andrews
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Wolfgang
> Hochbruck <=
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> Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 9:03:15 AM
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> Subject: Re: Fw: Train Wrecks in Fiction
>
> ....i'd have a pile of data on train wrecks in drama, some of them
> even
> on stage. If that is of any help.
>
> best,
> Wolfgang
>
> Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
> Department of English /
> Centre for Security and Society
> Albert Ludwigs University
> 15 Rempart St.
> D- 79098 Freiburg
>
> Am 03.08.2018 um 08:52 schrieb Hal Bush:
> >
> > Here's an interesting grad student inquiry from C19 that I thought
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> > some of you might like to respond to or know about ... -hb
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> > Dr. Hal Bush
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> > Dept. of English
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> > Saint Louis University
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> > 314-977-3616
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> > author website: halbush.com
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> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists <L-C19-
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> > [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Carolin Alice Hofmann <ahofmann@ALBA
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> > Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 3:21 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Train Wrecks in Fiction
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I=3D92m writing about 19th century precursors to =3D91trauma=3D92
> > in my d=
> octoral =3D
> >
> > project. For a chapter on journalistic and literary responses to
> > =3D91rai=
> lway=3D
> >
> > spine,=3D92 a condition that marks a shift from physical to
> > psychologic=
> al ex=3D
> >
> > planations of being harmed by modern technology, I am looking for
> > train w=
> re=3D
> >
> > cks in literature. Specifically, I=3D92m trying to find
> > representations o=
> f ra=3D
> >
> > ilroad accidents in the second half of the 19th century, that are
> > ideally=
> n=3D
> >
> > ot just minor plot events but have a greater significance, as they,
> > for e=
> xa=3D
> >
> > mple, invite discussions of chance, risk, accident, lasting
> > psychological=
> d=3D
> >
> > amage, etc. I=3D92ve already found Howells, A Quality of Mercy,
> > Twain, =
> =3D93The=3D
> >
> > Danger of Lying in Bed,=3D94 Newell, Smoked Glass, Chopin,
> > =3D93Story o=
> f an Ho=3D
> >
> > ur,=3D94 and Holmes, A Moral Antipathy. Any suggestions would be
> > super he=
> lpfu=3D
> >
> > l. Nonfictional texts are also interesting to me.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Alice ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
> >
> > --
> > Carolin Alice Hofmann
> > PhD Candidate
> > English Department
> > University at Albany=3D97SUNY
> >
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