The Wire Devils

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the wire devils Also Published by the University of Minnesota Press The Boomer: A Story of the Rails by Harry Bedwell The Wire Devils Frank L. Packard Introduction by Robert MacDougall University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Originally published in 1918 by the Copp, Clark Company, Ltd., Toronto, and the George H. Doran Company, New York First University of Minnesota Press edition, 2013 Introduction copyright 2013 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius), 1877–1942. The wire devils / Frank L. Packard ; introduction by Robert MacDougall. First University of Minnesota Press edition. isbn 978-0-8166-8456-4 (pb : alk. paper) I. Title. ps3531.a2154w57 2013 813'.52—dc23 2013000522 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...