Folks; thanks to all the input on this query. I happen to be on vacation, so please forward your responses on to the inquirer, Alice, herself (in case you have not done so already): <[log in to unmask]> > Carolin Alice Hofmann > PhD Candidate > English Department > University at Albany=3D97SUNY Dr. Hal Bush Dept. of English Saint Louis University [log in to unmask] 314-977-3616 http://halbush.com author website: halbush.com ________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2018 1:57:19 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fw: Train Wrecks in Fiction Thought I'd share this train wreck from the Chemung River Valley: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twainsgeography.com_content_big-2Dflats-2Dtrain-2Dwreck-2D1889&d=DwIBaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=f7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=iO-r2TRvhlPbeJWxgEMnsLOqQh1V1TWv3F1MNppVRjA&s=EJh2M1bDcgAUBTEdDXZqRjzIuBok_Kaa2M5VVNLmfRk&e= 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 <= > [log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, August 3, 2018 9:03:15 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > perhap= > s =3D > > > > some of you might like to respond to or know about ... -hb > > > > > > Dr. Hal Bush > > > > Dept. of English > > > > Saint Louis University > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > 314-977-3616 > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3D3Dhttp-253A-252F-252Fh&d=DwIBaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=f7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=iO-r2TRvhlPbeJWxgEMnsLOqQh1V1TWv3F1MNppVRjA&s=pb37VmOIfXeLlPduENWjLDZCTSR4-AMxNrvB3alB6N0&e= > > albush= > .com&data=3D02%7C01%7Cga05%40TXSTATE.EDU%7Cb17a2a2fbe3744a0f39d08 > d5f94a= > 2a66%7Cb19c134a14c94d4caf65c420f94c8cbb%7C0%7C0%7C636689019294650408& > amp;sd= > ata=3DeaDe83KoWUgueRxneMPNG17zeDivhcWbHE8NyRKMx9w%3D&reserved=3D0 > > > > > > author website: halbush.com > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists <L-C19- > > AMERICAN= > IS=3D > > > > [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Carolin Alice Hofmann <ahofmann@ALBA > > NY.EDU= > > > > 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 > > -- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bscottholmes.com&d=DwIBaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=f7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=iO-r2TRvhlPbeJWxgEMnsLOqQh1V1TWv3F1MNppVRjA&s=Ya03hoKLnl8YYGfU3QmgEHBzktU6iowpdV0ETSWLjI4&e=