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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aPhillips, Henry Wallace,
_d1869-1930
245 1 0 _aTrolley Folly
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2018-07-12
505 0 _aTrolley folly -- The numismatist -- The mascot of the Grays -- The little canoe -- The reverse of a medal -- Ten minutes of eternity -- The punishment and the crime -- Camp Cunningham -- Hohankton, Pettie and others --The fatal gum -- Blessed be the peacemakers.
508 _aProduced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Trolley Folly" by Henry Wallace Phillips is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Jimmie Horgan, a carefree young man working as a motorman for the Suburban Trolley Company, who unexpectedly discovers he has inherited five thousand dollars from a long-lost uncle. With this newfound fortune comes a sense of ambition and a desire to break free from the ordinary, leading him and his conductor friend Tommie to take their trolley car on an adventure that quickly spirals into a series of comedic mishaps. The beginning of the novel introduces Jimmie's character and established context by highlighting his reckless yet cheerful demeanor as he navigates life on the trolley while managing a comedic blend of irony and cynicism. After learning of his unexpected inheritance, Jimmie shares the news with Tommie, and together they decide to abandon their usual routes and explore the city with a sense of newfound freedom. Their journey quickly turns chaotic, with their trolley car becoming emblematic of their desire to defy convention and break free from societal constraints, culminating in humorous encounters with passengers and the challenges of running a trolley service unpredictably. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aUnited States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
653 _aShort stories, American
700 1 _aGruger, Frederic Rodrigo,
_d1871-1953
700 1 _aKinney, Margaret West,
_d1872-1952
700 1 _aKinney, Troy,
_d1871-1938
700 1 _aWidney, G. C.
_q(Gustavus C.),
_d1871-1955
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57494
999 _c98323
_d98323