The Iron Trail is a romantic and exciting adventurous book by Rex Beach based in Alaska then moves forward to business and politics. The "Irish Prince," Murray O'Neil, will be introduced to you in this tale. He intends to construct a railway between two glaciers up the Salmon River into Alaska, a gigantic feat of engineering against fierce competition and with no assistance from the federal government. In his vision of building a railway, O'Neil meets with a young woman whom he saves from a shipwreck. This angle will build a romantic connection in this story and later a business and political nature will develop. But, How will O'Neil build a railway? Will he get successful? If he will be successful then, what will happen to his love? Are they going to be together in the future? To find answers to these questions, readers should go through the unique collection of ideas by Rex Beach!
Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 - December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. He was born in Atwood, Michigan, but moved to Tampa, Florida, with his family where his father was growing fruit trees. Beach was educated at Rollins College, Florida (1891-1896), the Chicago College of Law (1896-97), and Kent College of Law, Chicago (1899-1900). In 1900 he was drawn to Alaska at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush. After five years of unsuccessful prospecting, he turned to writing. His second novel The Spoilers (1906) was based on a true story of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines from prospectors, which he witnessed while he was prospecting in Nome, Alaska. The Spoilers became one of the bestselling novels of 1906.
