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High Tension

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Author(s):William Wister Haines
Illustrator(s):Robert Lawson
Publisher(s): Little, Brown and Company
Year Published: 1938
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
Engineering
Fiction - novel
Vocational
Age Range: Older readers
Pages: 299
LCCN: 38010963
OCLC: 1561501

Description

Unable to find employment as an engineer during the Great Depression, Haines worked nights as an electric lineman on a railroad. That experience was the basis for his first two books, Slim and this book (High Tension).

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Slim (1934)

This story is based on Haines’ experiences as a lineman. This hardcover edition includes illustrations by Robert Lawson.

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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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