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The real life and then subsequent legendary story of Casey Jones the train engineer who drove his train on time and perhaps too fast? And what exactly happened on his last train ride? It’s all true and it’s an American Tall Tale, song and folk tale all in one story. OK Let’s Learn! Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer/ inaugural supporter of the show here at thi...
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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into science, history, books, stories, and tons of different topics. My name is Kevin O'Keeve, so today, okay, let's learn all about the legend of Casey Jones, the engineer of the locomotive that yes, was he brave, was he
hero or was he driving that train just too fast? It's a last in our series for now of tall tales, American tall tales that have been really part of the American folklore scene in terms of stories that really came to be in the founding of our country right through the 1800s into the 1900s.
And yeah, it's an interesting story and more than any other story. I mentioned Paul Bunyan. And yes, you can go back to all these previous episodes to understand every tall tale. But Paul Bunyan tall tale, no doubt hyperbole all over the place.
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