The Appalachian Crisis: Book I and II (Bk. I and II) Description
1859- Late Fall- A courier, alias Smith, felt his unaccustomed work shoes straddling a heavy leather satchel. The train lurched as the conductor called "Monocracy Junction! All out for Frederick, Maryland transfer." A brakeman hurried past the seats, leaving the car door open. The blast of cold air, from the moving train, reduced the feeble effort of the lone stove in the car.
"Someday", Alexander Thuer remarked to his companion, Samuel Colt, "There has to be a better way to heat passenger trains." Colt, immersed in thought of his company's past display in London, England, nodded. Business was secondary. There was a charming London lass who presented him with a son that became linked to his brother, John Caldwell Colt, convicted of murder. Elizabeth Colt, Sam's wife accepted the son in good grace.
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