China Grade: A novel about the Transcontinental Railroad

By Ray Hosler

Sixteen years after the gold rush, California underwent a social and cultural transformation with the influx of Chinese workers to build the transcontinental railroad. They filled the ranks of the Anglo-Americans. Together they risked everything battling the elements in the high Sierra while laying track. China Grade is the story of two Chinese brothers and a Cornish family searching for a better tomorrow. Their lives, hopes, and dreams cross paths in unexpected ways. This novel is an insightful historical account wrapped around a love story. It breathes life into the people who built the Overland Route as it delves into the motivations and challenges they faced - physical and cultural - working for the Central Pacific Railroad. This is the first book in a trilogy. Book two, Wrights, was published in 2018.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521860041
• ISBN13: 9781521860045
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"