Yes, it does exist if you're willing to stretch some
definitions: T-MODEL TOMMY by Steven Meader. It's a pretty
cheesy WWII era book written for the ultimate literary
purgatory--the junior high school library. And it's very much
the capitalist equivalent the the Soviet "boy meets tractor"
films and literature.
But in this case, the boy meets a truck. En route to his
eventual economic salvation via hard work (and avoid the dire
fate of becoming a WPA shovel leaner) he tools around in a
suprisingly well realized south Jersy/north Pennsylvania
local, even getting kidnapped by gangsters!
Why should avians care? The atmosphere in sections is quite
good and often surprisingly noir-ish. And there are some
excellent illustrations by Edward Shenton (??) which wouldn't
be out of place on the cover of an early Popular Library
paperback.
Heck, I still like it better than THEY RIDE BY NIGHT.
--Scott
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