Union Pacific

| “A great writer, rich in invention, prodigal with his action, a, a we juicily romantic.” —The New Yorker ‘ Against theépie backdrop of the building of the Union Pacific R bad across plainsand deserts and through mountains to meet up with the outh-. “a mn Paelf in ish cortiés a sprawling historical tale. Warren Neale is'a brie lian ho ‘engitte er who is constantly confronted with consttuction por rie sided by Larry Red King, a Texas gunfighter and friend. Allie Lee; ely heading east from California on a wagon tain, is the sole survivor 0 . “lh dian raid in the Black Hills. Neale and a small company of US Cavalry’ fi or hidden at the scene ahd nearly out of her mind in terror: Al Slingerla a thapper and buffalo hunter, hag a cabin ina nearby, valley, and Afes is i ton i is the wild town set up overnight to service ‘the’ vices oft the 3 ‘and of milboads Workers. The ne law is that which the soldiers it Ling’ 5 guns can afford 1 no protection. m. this ae panorama of constant (dang ae deco Desert ngs Motethan: one iaiecd aes pL 5 work, a record th: Temains unbroken. He died i in 1939: his | Bone rena tlbhie, Dr Ai. tae