Transportation in central Oregon is still by stagecoach and freight wagon, but there's a movement afoot for a people's railroad. Now competing railroad barons James J. Hill and Edward H. Harriman both set about building a line there. Their front men, Lee Dawes and Mike Quinn, have always competed for rights-of-way - and women. Attracted to Deborah Haig, Dawes is nettled to see her in an intimate meeting with Quinn. But there's something else about...

In desperate need of cold hard cash, bandit Harry Tracy finds himself in jail after one too many illegal get-rich-quick schemes and makes a daring escape, launching one of the most famous manhunts in history.

Former Pinkerton agent Talbot Roper has a grudging respect for his old boss. When Allen Pinkerton dies, his sons send for Roper. But they want Roper to do more than pay his respects. There's dangerous assignment that no man on their payroll can handle. Now Roper is headed to Fort Worth, Texas, where someone is sabotaging the Union Stockyard company. And Roper will need to remember everything Allen ever taught him to finish the job and stay alive.