Broken Tools: Complete trilogy including China Grade, Wrights, Powder Works

By Ray Hosler

Broken Tools tells a sprawling, epic adventure about a Chinese family that comes to America in the 19th century seeking a better life. Against all odds they battle discrimination and harsh working conditions on the Transcontinental Railroad. At the same time, a Cornish family sails to California in search of new horizons after years toiling in the tin mines. Fate steers these two families on a collision course in the High Sierra while blasting tunnels. An unlikely yet enduring relationship develops between Chen and Rozen as they crisscross the Pacific searching for their destiny. They overcome abusive bosses and a racist society during tumultuous years between 1870-1890. This gripping account races to an earthshaking ending on a spring morning in San Francisco, the year 1906. Broken Tools, a trilogy, brings history to life in this well-researched novel based on newly available newspaper accounts of the day. Individual novels are on Amazon: China Grade, book one; Wrights, book two, and Powder Works, book three.

Be aware the type size is 10 point, which may be too small for some readers. The paperback/hardcover books available individually use 12 point type on Amazon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09BGM12P8
• ISBN13: 9798541032659
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"