HistoricalNovels.info Lists Eagle Talons

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

HNIbirdsHistoricalNovels.info has added Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book One to its website under the category The Old West.

Proceed to the following website: http://www.historicalnovels.info/. From the left-hand sidebar on this website, select “The Old West.” On the Old West Novels page, select “Jump To: Native Americans.” Scroll down the list, alphabetized by authors’ last names, until you come to Robert Murphy. It is nice to see my novel listed among so many famous authors.

We are less than six weeks away from publication date. Five Star Publishing will release Eagle Talons on October 22, 2014. It’s not too late to pre-order a copy from Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Click on the link in the sidebar to the right for the vendor of your choice.

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Golden Spike Reenactment

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

On May 10, 2014, the Golden Spike National Historic Site held a reenactment of the joining of the Union Pacific Railroad with the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah. The reenactment was held on the 145th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike, and I was there to witness it. This historic event in 1869 signaled the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, joining the eastern states with the western ones in a way that forever made the United States one country. Continue reading →

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Union Pacific Railroad Museum

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

[media-credit name=”Union Pacific Railroad Museum” align=”alignleft” width=”300″]image01[/media-credit]The Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa, provides a wonderful experience for the student of the history of the first transcontinental railroad and the reader of my frontier historical novels. This photo is taken from the museum’s website. Continue reading →

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Grenville M. Dodge: Who was he?

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

Will Braddock, the young fictional protagonist of Eagle Talons, Book One in The Iron Horse Chronicles, seeks out historical personage Grenville M. Dodge to ask for help in pursuing his quest to determine his own destiny. In developing the backstory for Will, I placed the newly orphaned boy’s late father in an Iowa regiment that would have served under Dodge during the Civil War. Sean Corcoran, Will’s uncle and only living relative, for whom he is searching in Eagle Talons, also served under Dodge, and now works for him as a railroad surveyor. Continue reading →

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