The Railroad War (55 page)
Authors: Jesse Taylor Croft
Some men chose Confederate Gray; others Union Blue. And none felt this bloody division more than those who ran America’s mighty
railroads. Three friends and West Point graduates, Sam Houston Hawken, Noah Ballard, and Lamar Kemble, would face one another
as enemies across the rails of steel. For when Hawken sided with the North and Ballard and Kemble with the South, they would
be swept into the war’s most incredible adventure—a race into cannon fire and carnage on two great trains. It was called The
Railroad War… a pitting of the South’s iron will against the North’s mighty engines, and for three heroic friends and the
passionate women they loved, it was the fastest track to personal victory or defeat… and their nation’s destiny.
“A MASTER STORYTELLER… HIS NOVEL IS FULL OF EXCITING ACTION, INTRIGUE, AND VIVID CHARACTER. IT’S A SUPERIOR HISTORICAL ADVENTURE—AND
A THUNDERING GOOD READ.”
—W.E.B. Griffin, author of
Brotherhood of War
and
The Corps
on
The Trainmasters