When the Whistle Blows

Meet a town and a train and a time and a boy-Jimmy Cannon. And meet his father-as strong as a Mallet locomotive-whom Jimmy simply cannot figure out! But who, in a dramatic and unexpected twist, turns out to be so much more than Jimmy ever knew.

In a book that goes to the core of boyhood-its Halloween mischief, its hunting day mystery, its championship football game surprise, and its nighttime adventures-Fran Cannon Slayton brings her listeners to the breathtaking crossroads of an unforgettable West Virginia railroad town, a family that matters, and adulthood itself.