Presents the story of early twentieth-century day laborer Robert Grainer, who endures the harrowing loss of his family while struggling for survival in the American West against a backdrop of radical historical changes.

What cost will the completion of the railroad exact from the Baldwin's lives? Ribbons of Steel book 3.

Briefly explores the history and consequences of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States from an intentionally "woke" political perspective. Argues that the Transcontinental Railroad may have physically connected the continent, but racially it created pain and division, especially in disrupting Native American trade and hunting grounds and put Chinese workers in terrible working conditions. Includes a glossary.

This book recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero featured in the song "John Henry," recounting the tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on the first rail route through the Appalachian Mountains.

"Tsanko Petrov, a railroad worker, finds millions of leva [Bulgarian currency] on the train tracks. He decides to turn the money over to the police, for which the state rewards him with a new wristwatch that soon stops working. Meanwhile, Julia Staikova, head of the PR department of the Ministry of Transport, loses Petrov's old watch, a family relic. Here starts his desperate struggle to recover both his old watch and his dignity."--Publisher's website....

A harrowing and redemptive immigrant story for readers of Pachinko. A Chinese railroad worker and his young daughter--sold into servitude--in 19th century California search for family, fulfillment, and belonging in a violent new land. "Heaven and earth do not pick and choose. They see everything as straw dogs." A sweeping historical novel of the American West from the little-seen perspective of those who helped to build it, Straw Dogs of the Universe...