The railroad opened the western united States to rapid settlement, but it was not all a blessing. To the ranchers who had to pay the prices demanded for the shipment of wheat, the railroad seemed to be an iron monster, an octopus whose tentacles would engulf them all in ruin. Bribery and corruption prevented them from getting justice in courts. The ranchers had no choice. They took the law into their own hands.
The crowded troop train on its way to relieve Fort Humboldt wound through the desolate snowscape of Nevada, among the sombre pines, precipitous ravines and taxing gradients of one of the loneliest stretches of railroad in the West. But this was no ordinary mission, for in the year 1873 the Fort was not beset by an enemy who could be met in battle. This was a different and more dangerous enemy...
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 18 November 2011
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The Cat Who Blew the Whistle
Jim Qwilleran and his feline sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the disappearance of a wealthy railroad buff--and alleged multimillion-dollar embezzler--a case that becomes complicated by red herrings, a tragic train wreck, and murder at a railroad tavern
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