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A Legendary Locomotive

By William Rosen
Two hundred and five years ago this week, the city of Philadelphia witnessed the birth of steam locomotion in America…sort of.
As is frequently the case, the newborn in question was beautiful only to its parent: Oliver Evans, a fifty-year old former wheelwright who had, in 1790, received the third patent ever issued by [...]

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Trapped…for your enjoyment of course Sir!

By Deborah Noyes
One of the three story strands in Captivity is set in the old menagerie in the Tower of London — where young Clara Gill, a zoological artist, meets the beast keeper Will Cross — on the eve of the zoo’s demise.
Like many royal menageries, the one in the Tower began as a private [...]

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