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The Taming of Red Butte Western (Illustrated Edition) (Railroading Classics Book 5)

The Taming of Red Butte Western (Illustrated Edition) (Railroading Classics Book 5)

Francis Lynde
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Francis Lynde was a prolific writer, with short fiction appearing in magazines like Munsey’s as early as 1894. A decade later, he began a long relationship with The Popular Magazine.

By 1910 when The Taming of Red Butte Western was published by Scribner’s, he’d already published six novels, plus a couple dozen titles in the magazines. In later years, three of his stories would find their way to film.

This is not a cowboy western, but an adventure story set in the west. The Red Butte Western of the title is a railroad line that runs across expanses of desert and mountain in the Southwest. You might call this one a rogue railroad, as it has been run rather fast and loose by dishonest men. Howard Lidgerwood, in chapter one, is reluctantly persuaded by the railroad’s new owner to whip it back into shape.

Lynde’s is a men’s world. There are 40-50 named male characters, nearly all of them employed by the railroad. Many have a checkered past. All that’s required of a man to survive in this outpost is “nerve and a good gun.”

The original, 1913, print edition of the book was scanned carefully to produce the best images possible. Other than removing blank pages, no changes were made to the illustrations or text.
Language
English
Pages
141
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
January 31, 2005

The Taming of Red Butte Western (Illustrated Edition) (Railroading Classics Book 5)

Francis Lynde
3.6/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Francis Lynde was a prolific writer, with short fiction appearing in magazines like Munsey’s as early as 1894. A decade later, he began a long relationship with The Popular Magazine.

By 1910 when The Taming of Red Butte Western was published by Scribner’s, he’d already published six novels, plus a couple dozen titles in the magazines. In later years, three of his stories would find their way to film.

This is not a cowboy western, but an adventure story set in the west. The Red Butte Western of the title is a railroad line that runs across expanses of desert and mountain in the Southwest. You might call this one a rogue railroad, as it has been run rather fast and loose by dishonest men. Howard Lidgerwood, in chapter one, is reluctantly persuaded by the railroad’s new owner to whip it back into shape.

Lynde’s is a men’s world. There are 40-50 named male characters, nearly all of them employed by the railroad. Many have a checkered past. All that’s required of a man to survive in this outpost is “nerve and a good gun.”

The original, 1913, print edition of the book was scanned carefully to produce the best images possible. Other than removing blank pages, no changes were made to the illustrations or text.
Language
English
Pages
141
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
January 31, 2005

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