The author being me, Steve Bartholomew. My friends and enemies call me Bart. I don't think I have many enemies. I don't like writing about myself because there are more interesting things out there, stuff like flying saucers and fairies.
When I was in high school I tried to discuss some of those things in science class. I was told not to waste my time. So I decided to be a writer instead of a scientist. I learned some science anyway. In the U.S. Army I learned about electronics, rocket engines, and math. It was better than high school, even better than college. Luckily I never had to shoot anyone, but I learned how to do it.
After that I worked mostly in civil service jobs for different levels of government. I ended up as a social worker, till I could take up full time writing. I write a lot of historical fiction because I find history fascinating. I have met people who say history is boring. I tell them they have been victimized by their school systems. History contains some of the wildest stories you can imagine. As they say, you couldn't make it up.
I live now in Northern California, next to an ancient lake and a volcano, where natives have dwelled at least 20,000 years. I hope you like the story I have just told you. I have others to tell, which you may find online at the usual places, or in your bookstore. Some of my tales are spooky, because that is also history. But don't worry, I don't write in the genre of horror. There's another Steve who does that much better.
When Geraldine Halloran arrives at the Central Pacific end of track in the winter of 1866, she's resolved not to be terrified. After all, she has a right to be there. She was hired on as regular telegraph operator, though they thought they were hiring a man. She's the only other woman at Tunnel 6, except for Mrs. Strobridge, the superintendent's wife. Tunnel 6 was said by some to be impossible. Nothing like it had ever been done. It was to be a railroad tunnel linking California with Nevada, over 1700 feet long and 6000 feet altitude, dug through solid granite using black powder, nitroglycerin, and more than 5000 Chinese laborers.
Geraldine was to discover many things to terrify. There were explosions, landslides and blizzards. However there were some compensations. She got to run her own telegraph key, without being required to wear corsets. And then there was that nice, funny looking boy, Stetson Applegate, whom she might, perhaps, fall in love with. And then a third woman showed up, a strange lady named Georgette Dupriest. Though she claimed to be writing a book, no one could quite understand why she was at a railroad camp. Georgette did seem quite taken by that nice gentleman, Mr. Asa Turner. Geraldine begins to have second thoughts when it gradually becomes clear that someone is trying to sabotage the railroad. And also trying to kill the man she loves.
If you read this book, secrets may be revealed.
Título : Tunnel 6
EAN : 9798215987193
Editorial : Steve Bartholomew
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