He Thinks He Can There once was a little train engine that could. There also once was a man named Edward Pierce that could do more, by robbing the train. He did it because he simply believed he was able to achieve his goal. Edward Pierce was an opportunist and deemed himself capable of pulling off the “largest crime of the century” because he had all the necessary assets including money, intelligence, and connections in the underground world. Edward Pierce’s method of acquiring money is uncertain, but Crichton established that he was a rich man. Without a steady income, Edward Pierce must have took every opportunity available to achieve his richly state. As explained in the novel The Great Train Robbery, by Michael Crichton, “...he was
