Rails to Light came about as a result of my reading the book Riding the Rails. I was appalled by the teenagers experiences, and I wondered what such experiences would do to an individual. Reading about the teenagers experiences was interesting, and writing about them was exciting and invigorating. I came to know just how dangerous such a way of life was and, even though I saw the romance and the attraction, it was a time in teenagers lives which was subtracted from their childhoods. After they rode the rails, they could never return.
About the author
Don Richardson is a member of the English Department at Phoenix College in Arizona where he teaches English Composition, British Literature, and Introduction to Shakespeare. He confesses he is attracted by the romance of trains, yet he has never ridden the rails, nor has he ridden the Amtrak. In addition, for years he sang in the Phoenicians Barbershop Chorus with C.R. “Tiny” Boland who rode the rails as a teenager, without ever realizing Tiny had had that experience. Don is also the author of Dust in the Wind (1st Books, 2001). His hobbies are singing, reading, cooking, gardening, and woodworking. He also does volunteer work in the community.
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