The Iron Horse: A Novel
Alexander Coleman
- The
- story,
- characters,
- places,
- institutions,
- organizations,
- and
- incidents
- portrayed
- in
- this
- work
- are
- based
- on
- real-life
- events.
In
- the
- final
- days
- of
- the
- nineteenth
- century,
- a
- child
- is
- born
- on
- a
- Kentucky
- farm.
- The
- mother
- dies
- in
- childbirth.
- The
- father
- cannot
- relinquish
- his
- resentment
- toward
- the
- boy,
- his
- second
- son.
A
- conflict
- between
- patriarch
- and
- offspring
- develops,
- complicated
- by
- the
- presence
- of
- the
- first
- son,
- and
- the
- father’s
- second
- wife.
The
- Iron
- Horse
- is
- a
- sprawling,
- decades-spanning
- tale
- that
- follows
- the
- second
- son’s
- maturation
- from
- little
- boy
- Clarence
- Hollins
- to
- rebellious
- young
- man
- Lee
- Hollins,
- and
- his
- search
- for
- a
- better
- life.
- It
- is
- a
- story
- that
- blossoms
- from
- the
- stifling
- toil
- on
- the
- family
- farm
- in
- the
- Missouri
- Ozarks
- into
- an
- action-packed
- quest
- galloping
- across
- the
- U.S.
- during
- the
- Great Depression.
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