Tag Archives: Sample Chapters

Book Three Sample Chapters Concluded

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Robert Lee Murphy

On the Books tab of this website you will find Chapter 3 from Golden Spike, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Three. This is the final sample chapter. You will have to wait to read the other chapters until the book is released by … Continue reading →

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Final Editing of Golden Spike

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Robert Lee Murphy

I have been busy lately doing the final editing of Golden Spike, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Three. This book takes Will Braddock and his friends through the final year of construction of the first transcontinental railroad and ends with the … Continue reading →

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Bear Claws Review by Project Mayhem

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Robert Lee Murphy

Project Mayhem, a blog dedicated to “The Manic Minds of Middle Grade Writers,” posted a review on September 3, 2015, of Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two. Paul Greci, author of Surviving Bear Island, and a regular contributor to Project Mayhem, wrote the … Continue reading →

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Bear Claws Reviewed by Readers’ Favorite

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Robert Lee Murphy

Readers’ Favorite has awarded its Five Star seal to Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, and has provided the following review by Jack Magnus: “Bear Claws: The Iron Horse Chronicles, Book Two is a historical coming of age novel … Continue reading →

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Sample Chapters Concluded for Bear Claws

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Robert Lee Murphy

[media-credit name=”ENC Graphic Services” align=”alignleft” width=”194″][/media-credit] You will find Chapter 3 of Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, under the Books tab of the main menu for this website. Will Braddock is in a heap of trouble at the … Continue reading →

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Bear Claws Cover Released

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Robert Lee Murphy

[media-credit name=”ENC Graphic Services” align=”alignleft” width=”194″][/media-credit] The cover art for Bear Claws, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book Two, has been released by ENC Graphic Services and Five Star Publishing. The cover conveys the power and intensity of the adventures facing fifteen-year-old Will Braddock as the … Continue reading →

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Anthem Authors Anthology

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

On August 4, 2014, I wrote about my participation in Anthem Authors. The writers’ club has published a new anthology of works in varied genres by several of its members. Chapter 1 of my novel Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book One … Continue reading →

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Will Braddock and the Rifle Musket

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

Will Braddock, the protagonist in Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book One, is exposed to many different firearms throughout the trilogy. He would have learned how to shoot a rifle musket as a normal course of events for a boy growing up on … Continue reading →

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Will Braddock in Omaha

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

Will Braddock, the protagonist of Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles—Book One, arrives in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 24, 1867. After running away from his home in Burlington, Iowa, twenty-seven days earlier, he crosses the Missouri River on the ferry … Continue reading →

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Sample Chapters Completed

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Robert Lee Murphy

You will find Chapter 3 of Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles–Book One under the Books tab. Chapter 3 completes the posting of sample writing from my frontier adventure novel in which Will Braddock embarks upon a quest to determine his … Continue reading →

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