The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania recently purchased the three existing books from J. Arthur Moore's four-book collection related to his fictional Virginia and Truckee Railroad of West Virginia. This railroad shares a name with a real railroad in Nevada.
Moore began writing the four books 40 years ago. When "Summer of Two Worlds" was finished, it was released in manuscript form; in 2015, it was first published, and it was recently republished in its third edition. "Summer at Stewart Creek" was recently revised and then released on Dec. 1, 2020, and "Twelfth Winter," was released on June 1. The remaining book, "Stranded in Snow Shoe," is due out in early 2022; this book, "Summer of Two Worlds" and "Twelfth Winter" make up the "Summer of Two Worlds" trilogy.
"Summer of Two Worlds" has also been released alongside two other titles by Moore: "Journey Into Darkness," a story in four parts, and "Blake's Story: Revenge and Forgiveness." At the time, these three books were released as Civil War and Native American historical fiction for middle grade through adult readers.
"Summer at Stewart Creek" includes photo illustrations of an HO-scale model railroad that the author created when envisioning the book's setting. The cover photos for this book feature the Tahoo, a locomotive in the collection at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. The Tahoo was used on the real-life Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Nevada.
All Moore's titles are available at the Landis Valley Farm Museum, Cricket's Antiques and Garden Market on Route 322 in Glenmoore, and online at http://www.jarthurmoore.com, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon. Books can also be ordered through independent book stores.
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