Published: Jan. 19, 2012
Words: 10,031 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466002142

Short description

Follow the lives of the Fitzgerald family on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal as Tony and Thomas Fitzgerald race their canal barge against a train. If you enjoyed "Canawlers" and "Between Rail and River" by James Rada, you'll want to follow this adventure set a few years after the Civil War during the canal's heyday. Originally published as a limited-edition chapbook for CanalFest 2003.

Extended description

It's 1872 in Shanty Town, the rowdy, waterfront area of Cumberland, Maryland.

In a drunken celebration of his 20th birthday, canaller Tony Fitzgerald made a stupid boast and an even stupider bet. He will race his canal boat against a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for three miles along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal where it parallels the railroad.

If Tony loses the race, he will watch the canal boat that he doesn't even own become firewood in a railroader's fireplace. (Read more) It's 1872 in Shanty Town, the rowdy, waterfront area of Cumberland, Maryland.

In a drunken celebration of his 20th birthday, canaller Tony Fitzgerald made a stupid boast and an even stupider bet. He will race his canal boat against a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for three miles along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal where it parallels the railroad.

If Tony loses the race, he will watch the canal boat that he doesn't even own become firewood in a railroader's fireplace.

Caught in a bet that he can't get out of, Tony and his brother Thomas must figure out a way to at least give the train some competition.

In the days leading up to the race, it becomes more of a competition between canallers and railroaders who don't need another reason to not like each other. Pride runs high and the bets are even higher.

There are those who don't want one side or the other to win and they are willing to sabotage the train and canal boat to guarantee the victory they want.

The pressure is on for Tony to win an impossible race.

If you enjoyed "Canawlers" and "Between Rail and River" by James Rada, you'll want to follow this adventure set uring the C&O Canal's heyday. "The Race" was originally published as a limited-edition chapbook for CanalFest 2003.
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Tags

railroad, transportation, canal, 19th century america, cumberland history, maryland history, canawlers

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Review by: David Galster on July 23, 2012 :
This novelette portrays a very amusing and charming situation, when young Tony Fitzgerald makes a bet using someone else's boat, with slim chances of winning. Set as mini-sequel to "Canawler," it takes place ten years after the Civil War and describes how the character's lives changed in that period. The main focus of the story is on the youthful folly of Tony Fitzgerald, and the eternal rivalry between the "Canawlers" and "Railroaders" along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Tony races the family canal boat against a freight train, and it has quite a surprise ending. This book is very readable, amusing, suspenseful, and often funny. You will especially enjoy it after reading the novel, "Canawlers."
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