Description
Case File: Union Pacific
Soon after taking office, President Ulysses S. Grant discovers millions of dollars in suspected fraud involving the transcontinental railroad. He sends former staff officer U.S. Marshal J.R. Chance to Wyoming to investigate. Chance joins forces with a Cheyenne woman who saves his life. Together they confront a ruthless conspiracy that will stop at nothing including murder in its quest to monopolize Union Pacific construction contracts and the lucrative land grants that go with them. The shadowy network known as Credit Mobilier leads to rich and powerful elites in New York and Washington.
Soon after taking office, President Ulysses S. Grant discovers millions of dollars in suspected fraud involving the transcontinental railroad. He sends former staff officer U.S. Marshal J.R. Chance to Wyoming to investigate. Chance joins forces with a Cheyenne woman who saves his life. Together they confront a ruthless conspiracy that will stop at nothing including murder in its quest to monopolize Union Pacific construction contracts and the lucrative land grants that go with them. The shadowy network known as Credit Mobilier leads to rich and powerful elites in New York and Washington.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
234 pages
Language
English
Published
Sep 2, 2011
Publisher
Paul Colt
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
0984000658