Railroad schemes
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The adventures of a bank robber in 1850s California and the 15-year-old girl who keeps him company. He is King Callahan and he has declared war on greedy railroad barons, she is sweet Lily, who reads classics when not holding a gun. One of these days, he says, he will give up crime to look after her. By the author of Pacific Street.
OutlawsFictionSouthern Pacific Railroad CompanyHistoryGold mines and miningGold discoveriesRailroad storiesLarge type booksNew York Times reviewedFiction, historical, generalCalifornia, fiction