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The Founding
Paperback
Series: Across the Great Divide, Book 3
WesternsGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781735993133
Publisher: Michael Ross
Published: Dec 6 2022
Pages: 470
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Two men, two dreams, two new towns on the plains, and a railroad that will determine whether the towns-one black, one white-live or die.
Will Crump has survived the Civil War, Red Cloud's War, and the loss of his love, but the search for peace and belonging still eludes him. From Colorado, famed Texas Ranger Charlie Goodnight lures Will to Texas, where he finds new love, but can a Civil War sharpshooter and a Quaker find a compromise to let their love survive? When Will has a chance to join in the founding of a new town, he risks everything-his savings, his family, and his life-but it will all be for nothing if the new railroad passes them by.
Luther has escaped slavery in Kentucky through Albinia, Will's sister, only to find prejudice rearing its ugly head in Indiana. When the Black Codes are passed, he's forced to leave and begin a new odyssey. Where can he and his family go to be truly free? Can they start a town owned by blacks, run by blacks, with no one to answer to? But their success will be dependent on the almighty railroad and overcoming bigotry to prove their town deserves the chance to thrive.
Will's eldest sister, Julia, and her husband, Hiram, are watching the demise of their steamboat business and jump into railroads, but there's a long black shadow in the form of Jay Gould, the robber baron who ruthlessly swallows any business he considers competition. Can Julia fight the rules against women in business, dodge Gould, and hold her marriage together?
The Founding tells the little-known story of the Exodusters and Nicodemus, the black town on the plains of Kansas, and the parallel story of Will's founding of Lubbock, Texas, against the background of railroad expansion in America. A family reunited, new love discovered, the quest for freedom, the rise of two towns. In the end, can they reach Across the Great Divide? The Founding is the exciting conclusion to the series.
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