Union Pacific
Subtitle: a western story
By: Zane Grey
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print Western; Thorndike Press large print Western series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 663
ISBN-13: 9781410456748
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company; Kidnapping victims; Railroads; Fiction; Surveyors; Design and construction
Description: Zane Grey's first historical western, now restored to his handwritten manuscript, is the story of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad across the plains and through the mountains and deserts to meet up with the Southern Pacific in Utah. Brilliant civil engineer Warren Neale, constantly confronted with construction problems, lawlessness, corruption, and the danger of Indian attacks, is sided by Texas gunfighter and friend Larry Red King. But King's guns can afford no protection against the equally weighty challenges of graft and corruption.
Notes: Originally published in 1917. Some versions appear under title The U.P. Trail.