Jim Weeks, descended from a line of frontier fighters, sets out to seize control of the Manchester and Truesdale Railroad. The fight for possession is waged with injunctions from rival judges, bought politicians, missing account books and trains run under guard, while Weeks’s attention strays to Katherine Porter, a daughter of one of the men caught up in the fight.
A brisk, entertaining novel of Gilded Age railroad warfare, for readers who enjoy business drama with a love story. Download the free EPUB.