Category Archives: The Iron Horse Chronicles

No Writing Day

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

There won’t be much writing done at this desk today. I had to disconnect all my computers and remove them so that carpet installers can take the desk out of the room before re-carpeting the floor. The installers promise to do the job in one … Continue reading →

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The Presidents in The Iron Horse Chronicles

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

In The Iron Horse Chronicles I include scenes about the impact certain Presidents of the United States had on the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. In the first volume of the trilogy, Eagle Talons, I point out the fact … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day and the Presidency

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

“Inauguration Day and the Presidency” is the subject of an article I wrote on January 5, 2107, for the blog Mad About MG History. If you read my blog regularly, you know I contribute periodically to the Mad blog providing information to teachers and … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

What better way to start the New Year than to have the 2016 awards won by Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two recognized in the Winter 2017 SCBWI Bulletin. I know many of you do not read this fine publication that connects writers, illustrators, … Continue reading →

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Will Braddock, Fort Bridger, and Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

Will Braddock spent his first Christmas in the far west in 1867 at Fort Bridger, which at that time was still Dakota Territory. I reveal in Chapter 1 of Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, that Will had wintered-over at the fort with … Continue reading →

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Christmas Greetings

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

My wife, Barbara, and I enjoyed an early Christmas dinner at Michael’s Restaurant at South Point Casino in Las Vegas last night, December 18. Last weekend Barbara helped me conduct the best book signing yet at South Point during the … Continue reading →

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Holiday Book Signing Events

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

On Saturday, December 3, 2106, I participated in the annual Sun City Anthem Craft Fair along with seven other members of Anthem Authors. I signed copies of Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book One, and Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book … Continue reading →

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Google Translation Feature Added

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

Added to my website is the Google Translate feature. By clicking on the button at the bottom of any page or posting on this website you can select any of 103 languages, in addition to the English in which I … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Historical Novelists

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

I enjoy rereading historical novels by authors that are largely forgotten today. Here I am relaxing at home with a copy of Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger. I wrote about Shellabarger and Rafael Sabatini, two of my favorite forgotten authors, in my … Continue reading →

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Will Rogers Medallion Silver Award

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

On October 29, 2016, my novel Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, received the Will Rogers Silver Medallion Award for 2016 Western Fiction for Younger Readers. The Will Rogers Medallion Award Committee’s program states that books in the Younger Readers’ category “contain … Continue reading →

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