U.P. Trail

The year is 1868. The Union Pacific Railroad is pushing westward through some of the most brutal terrain in America, and the men building it are as untamed as the land itself. This is the story of the dreamers, schemers, and workers who risked everything to span a continent with steel rails. Grey's narrative follows a cast of characters whose ambitions collide on the plains: railroad executives hungry for fortune, workers battling starvation and harsh winters, Native Americans defending their homeland, and the women who held the fragile communities together. The track advances mile by bloody mile, each section paid for in lives and dreams. This was the last great American frontier, and Grey captures it with the verve and atmosphere that made him the king of the western. For anyone who loves the American West, this is a vivid recreation of the era that transformed a nation.