The Price of a Contract
Fisher, Ellen Kingman When railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1869, the world changed. For the first time, trains spanned the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, bringing the telegraph with them. Instant communication transformed that society much as the Internet would a future generation.
Kate Sinclair is a fiercely independent woman during a time when women were deemed passive, even inconsequential. She boldly travels from New York to San Fran...