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The U. P. Trail

By Zane Grey
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"The U.P. Trail" is a Western novel by Zane Grey. The story follows the adventures of a young man named Warren Neale, who joins a team of engineers and laborers to build the Union Pacific Railroad across the rugged terrain of the American West. As the team faces various challenges and setbacks, including hostile Native American tribes and treacherous weather conditions, Warren becomes romantically involved with a young woman named Allie Lee, who is traveling westward with her family. Together, Warren and Allie navigate the dangers of the trail and face various obstacles and conflicts, including rival laborers and outlaws. They must also confront their own inner demons and insecurities as they struggle to survive in the harsh and unforgiving landscape of the West. The novel is praised for its vivid descriptions of the Western landscape, its action-packed plot, and its complex and sympathetic characters. It offers a thrilling and romantic glimpse into a bygone era of American history and remains a beloved classic of the Western genre.

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“3.5 stars rounded down. I debated what I should rate this. It was hard to decide what was fair, and what I thought of the overall writing and story. This book, in 1918, was listed as the biggest seller. It has all the elements of adventure, romance, and history. It is about the building of the Union Pacific Railway that crossed from the east to the west and was completed in 1869. A man named Neale is a civil engineer on the railroad. When he hears of a Sioux massacre of a wagon caravan, he goes to the rescue. He finds a young 14 year old girl is the only survivor. He takes her to a secluded hunting lodge and leaves her in the care of a trusted trapper. It takes years for Allie to regain her speech and desire to live. Neale visits her whenever he can take off from the railroad, and eventually they fall in love. While Neale is away, a gambler and his gang kidnap Allie, and the rest of the book goes on from there. To be clear, there are multiple instances of racial slurs. They are random and I can only assume that it is totally the ignorance of the author. He does stick in some passages later on that try to correct that line of thinking. It made me wonder if it was done because the publisher told him to do it. There is a lot of melodrama in the writing. It’s almost as if it were written by two different people, and I have my suspicions about that as it was well known that Mr. Grey’s wife was his editor, and a ton of his ‘work’ was published regularly after his death. This is one that was published while he was still alive. The story is epic in its way, and I became attached to the characters, even though I felt some of them strayed from their portrayals and did weird things for the sake of plot. Overall, I’m glad I read it.”

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