Project Gutenberg 2015-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 211 Knight, Helen C. (Helen Cross) 1814 1906 Knight, H. C. (Helen Cross) Cross, Helen Knight, Helen Cross The Rocket: The Story of the Stephensons, Father and Son Produced by Chris Curnow, readbueno and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Rocket: The Story of the Stephensons, Father and Son" by Helen C. Knight is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This narrative chronicles the lives and achievements of George Stephenson and his son Robert, focusing on their remarkable contributions to the development of the steam locomotive and the advent of railways. The work highlights both their personal struggles and their technical innovations in the early days of railway engineering. At the start of the book, we are introduced to a young George Stephenson, affectionately referred to as "Geordie Steve," navigating a childhood marked by poverty in the coal mining region of Wylam, England. The narration depicts his early life, which is filled with hard work at the coal pits and a hunger for knowledge despite the lack of formal education. As he takes on various jobs, including aiding his father at the coal mine and learning to read and write, his passion for machinery starts to take shape. This sets the stage for George's ascendance as an engineering pioneer, leading to the eventual creation of the famed locomotive "The Rocket," thus foreshadowing the transformative impact he would have on transportation and industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Inventors -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction Locomotives -- History -- Juvenile fiction Railroads -- Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile fiction Stephenson, George, 1781-1848 -- Juvenile fiction Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 178423 178488 2024-09-21T04:09:48.463139 2023-09-21T13:59:57.520708 text/html text/html 172750 2015-10-03T10:00:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 1284633 2015-10-03T10:00:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1337590 2024-09-21T04:09:53.330603 application/epub+zip 1336236 2024-09-21T04:09:49.823132 application/epub+zip 145801 2024-09-21T04:09:49.040112 application/epub+zip 1384084 2024-09-21T04:09:56.088613 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1321612 2024-09-21T04:09:52.776101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179753 2022-09-22T16:27:20.514117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148782 148582 2024-09-21T04:09:47.914090 2023-09-21T13:59:56.910708 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 148889 2015-10-03T10:00:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 57744 2015-10-03T10:00:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20348 2024-09-21T04:09:56.223567 application/rdf+xml 13609 2024-09-21T04:09:49.126099 image/jpeg 2313 2024-09-21T04:09:49.083084 image/jpeg 1290190 2024-09-21T04:09:48.564114 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog