Books with title The U.P. Trail

Although Western writer Zane Grey is best remembered for The Riders of the Purple Sage, the novel The U.P. Trail is a favorite among critics and fans alike. This ambitious tale weaves a grand narrative of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad line, which serves as the backdrop for a tender romance that blooms between the virtuous Allie and the mysterious and taciturn protagonist, Warren Neale.

Excerpt from The U. P. Trail: A NovelEep in the Wyoming hills lay a valley watered by a stream' that ran down from Cheyenne Pass; a band of Sioux Indians had an encampment there. Viewed from the summit of a grassy ridge, the scene was colorful and idle and quiet, in keeping With the lonely, beautiful valley. Cottonwoods and willows showed a bright green; the cause of the stream was marked in dark where the water ran, and light where the sand had bleached; brown and black dots scattered over the valley were in reality grazing horses; lodge-pole tents gleamed white in the sun, and tiny bits of red stood out against the white: lazy wreaths of blue smoke rose upward.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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ALLIE LEE... ...is orphaned when the wagon train she is travelling with is attacked by a band of Sioux. Found by Warren Neale, a young engineer building the Union Pacific Railway, Allie soon finds the relationship with her rescuer growing. Allie is confronted by constant danger in the shape of vicious criminals heading for Californian, the Sioux and self-serving railroad executives. A classic tale of heroism of the Old West, which does contain some terms and phrases which would not be considered acceptable today..