The Taming of Red Butte Western (Illustrated Edition)

by Francis Lynde, Maynard Dixon (Illustrator)

Overview

The Red Butte Western is a railroad line that runs across expanses of desert and mountain in the Southwest section of the United States. It has been a "rogue railroad," run fast and loose by dishonest men. Howard Lidgerwood is persuaded by the railroad's new owner to whip it back into shape, a task which Howard takes on, albeit reluctantly.

The book names more than 40 male characters, nearly all of them employed by the railroad. Many have checkered pasts. All that is required of a man to survive in this part of the country is "nerve and a good gun."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987055771
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	03/21/2019
Series:	Railroading Classics , #5
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Francis Lynde (1856-1930) was a prolific writer, with short fiction appearing in magazines like Munsey’s as early as 1894. A decade later, he began a long relationship with The Popular Magazine.

By 1910 when The Taming of Red Butte Western was published by Scribner’s, he’d already published six novels, plus a couple dozen titles in the magazines. In later years, three of his stories would find their way to film.