Kirjahaku

For America, the twenties were boom times. New ideas and inventions cascaded almost daily. Anything was possible.There were challenges. Running trains over the highest route in North America, Rollins Pass, was costly and difficult. The effort had bankrupted several railroads. David Moffat dreamed of building a tunnel under the continental divide in 1902. By the twenties, it was badly needed. Charity Hovus, Cam Braun, Dale Smertz, and their cohorts planned and built the tunnel. They encountered unprecedented geological and hydrological problems; new techniques and inventions helped complete the job. Alongside the construction work, some of them assemble and sell creative and unregulated financial products.During this time, Americans' wealth increased. Making money became an obsession for many. There was mining: minerals were taken from the earth to make things. And there was mining: money taken from investors to make a killing.This is the story of how Coloradans came together to successfully finance and build a major project. And some of the era's unexpected outcomes.

Katy Rides Alone tells of a young girl riding her horse through the Colorado mountains. She has adventures with wildlife, fallen trees, other riders, the train She and her horse have a good and event filled ride up the hill to visit Grandma and Grandpa.

Question: How to resist a large Empire as it grabs new territory? (No, not Ukraine and Russia.)1898-1902: The British Army is at war in Africa. They fight the Boers, Dutch descended farmers who have been there for centuries. They kill the men, burn farms, and send surviving family members to open air prisons. At the same time the Royal Army is scouring the western US to buy horses and mules to support their troops. General Pearson's Ship The War tells the story of a stranded Afrikaaner and his American friends trying to act, react, gain profit, seek revenge in turbulent times.This tale is of love, savagery, passion, sweeping vistas, greed, revenge....

Somewhere...in the mountains of Colorado is a group of eco-vigilantes led by a single minded woman. She wants to "return the Colorado River to its natural, free flowing state". Someone... Mikel Mas, water lawyer and outdoorsman, experiences unexplained, odd occurrences and encounters. Trying to make sense of it all, he inadvertently learns of the group and its leader. At the same time, the leaders of the eco-vigilantes become aware of Mikel and his inquisitive efforts. Somehow... The lawyer and several buddies dig around and learn more. Playing cat and mouse with the vigilantes, the friends unearth the group's plans. If successful, they could kill thousands and permanently disrupt the economy. Moore tells a fast paced story about events that you could find in the morning paper or on the "trending now" list: Angry, super exotic crack troop eco-activists and hackers intent on causing harm. Citizens trying to stop them. High tech weapons, surveillance, love and passion, chance encounters, fist fights. Forest rangers and private investigators get involved. All set in the winter beauty of Summit County Colorado. The characters and their interactions make a compelling tale. The story revolves around scientific and technological theory and conjecture. Or is it fact?