Union Pacific : a western story
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- ISBN: 9781594147432
- ISBN: 1594147434
- Physical Description 438 pages
- Edition 1st ed.
- Publisher Detroit : Gale Cengage Learning, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Five Star." "An earlier version of this work appeared under the title The U.P. trail"--T.p. verso. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 39.93 |
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BookList Review
Union Pacific
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Here's something fans of prolific western author Grey, who died nearly 70 years ago, probably weren't expecting: a new novel. In 1916, Grey decided to write an epic-scale historical novel about the building of the Union Pacific Railroad. It proved a difficult task, and his editor rewrote large chunks of it, eventually publishing the substantially altered book under a different title. Now Grey's original version is published, in all its sprawling glory. Viewed simply as a novel, it feels clunky and unpolished, although the story the construction of a railroad and how it affects the lives of the novel's characters has a Michener-style grandeur to it, both in its mixture of history and fiction and in its use of individual characters to represent sections of society. Viewed, on the other hand, as a glimpse into the mind of Zane Grey, as a look at the big novel he dreamed of publishing but never really did, it's downright fascinating. We see an author who, if he possessed a little more self-discipline and a bit more technique, could have extended his range well beyond black hats and white hats.--Pitt, David Copyright 2008 Booklist