Well researched historical fiction. Wagon trains, the treacherous push West, shrinking Native American lands, gold and silver mining and the building of the trans- continental RR. There is plenty of romance and as in real life, there is no tidy ending, which may be why others panned the book. The...
I have to say I agree with some of the other reviews by being loving the beginning of the book and feeling for the struggles of the main characters. Then somewhere after the middle of the book, after a massive journey across America,it feels like a different book. The main character's goal is al...