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The Union Belle

by Gilbert Morris Book 11 in the House of Winslow series.

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Mark Winslow is imprisoned after killing a man who attacked Lola Montez, and his escape leaves him with a reputation that follows him west. He eventually finds work connected with the Union Pacific, joining the enormous effort to push the railroad across the plains toward a meeting with the Central Pacific.

Railroad construction offers wages and a new beginning but also carries Mark into camps where gambling, violence and speculation grow as quickly as the track. His ability with a gun repeatedly threatens the lawful life he wants to build. The novel uses the first transcontinental railroad as the setting for a man trying to turn frontier skill into something more permanent than survival.

Historical Periods

First Transcontinental Railroad1863–1869

Genres

Christian Fiction Family Sagas Historical Sagas Romance

Historical people

Lola Montez1821–1861

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