Books with author Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman

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News of the wreck at Smoky Creek reached Medicine Bend from Point of Rocks at five o’clock. Sinclair, in person, was overseeing the making up of his wrecking train, and the yard, usually quiet at that hour of the morning, was alive with the hurry of men and engines. In the trainmaster’s room of the weather-beaten headquarters building, nicknamed by railroad men “The Wickiup,” early comers––sleepy-faced, keen-eyed trainmen––lounged on the tables and in chairs discussing the reports from Point of Rocks, and among them crew-callers and messengers moved in and out.

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Excerpt from Whispering SmithAt one end of the room, heedless of the strain on the division, press despatches and cablegrams clicked in monotonous relay over commercial wires; While at the other, operators were taking from the despatchers' room the train orders and'the hurried dispositions. Made for the wreck emergency by Anderson, the assistant superintendent. At a table in the alcove the chief operator was trying to reach the division superintendent, Mccloud, at Sleepy Cat; at his elbow, his best man was ringing the insistent calls of the despatcher and clearing the line for Sinclair and the wrecking gang. Two min utes after the wrecking train reported ready they had their orders and were pulling out of the upper yard, with right of way over everything to Point of Rocks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Frank Spearman is often called the Dean of Western writers and this is one of the novels that made his reputations. The title character was modeled on real-life Union Pacific Railroad detectives Timothy Keliher and Joe Lefors (though the name of the titular hero was apparently derived from another UPRR policeman, James L. "Whispering" Smith) – and was made into a movie on eight separate occasions, (four silent films in 1916, 1917, 1926, and 1927, with sound versions in 1930, 1935, 1948 and 1952). In 1961, NBC aired twenty episodes of the television series Whispering Smith, starring Audie Murphy in the title role, and Guy Mitchell as detective George Romack. This beautifully done reprint edition from The Paper Tiger publishers includes the illustrations by famed artist N. C. Wyeth. 421 pages.