Western Union. The Epic of a Single Strand of Wire. 1939. Cloth with dustjacket.

by Zane Grey

Book Overview

Young Harvard man Wayne Cameron travels west and meets his destiny. There, he falls in with a brave group of Westerners struggling to fulfill a dangerous, desperate and thrilling dream - to carry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0056JCKEE
• Release Date: January 1939
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

To a Thin Strand of Wire

The story of the building of the transcontinental telegraph is given unique treatment by Zane Grey as indicated by the dedication: "To a single strand of iron wire". This is the last novel to be published during Zane Grey's lifetime, and had been dictated to a secretary, as he had suffered a stroke two years previous which prohibited him from using a pencil to write. It is also written in first person, but that does not diminish the power of his prose or descriptive capabilities. Also, this book shows the detailed preparation and research which must have been done; there's so much historical details present. This is a fine novel, one which fittingly belongs among the best written by Zane Grey.

Wonderful, love Zane! Classic!

New Englander Wayne Cameron longed for the wide open spaces. He heard of the daring feat proposed by Western Union to join the two oceans by telegraph wire. He siezed the chance to work for them and to explore the Wild West. Soon the savagery of the Indians, the raging torrents and devastating prairie fires, the stampeding beasts and the bloody fueds betweent he ranchers and the settlers almost sent him packing.But before the first message sang across the wires from Pacific to Atlantic, Wayne had won the love of the haughty Kit Sunderland and the right to call himself a cowboy.