1907. Running a railroad through the Rocky Mountains was a tough business. The steep arroyos and precipitous canyons of the Crawling Stone country weren't made for steel rails and steam engines. But, a gang of renegade railroad employees wrecking and robbing the trains, spilling cattle, gold dust, and blood all over the dry stone didn't make things any easier. The railroad company knew they had to be stopped so they sent their best man, Smith.
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Frank Hamilton Spearman (1859-1937) was a prolific writer of heroic fiction, and particularly railroad fiction. He is also the author of The Strategy of Great Railroads.
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Frank Spearman's book, Whispering Smith, was the best selling novel of 1906 and remained popular for many years. More than five films were based on it, the most famous staring Alan Ladd in 1948. The book is considered to be the phototype for modern western fiction. The main character, Whispering Smith, was loosely based on several railroad detectives and the nickname belonged to one...James L. Smith. Regretably, the real detective was nothing like Spearman's fictional hero. His actual exploits are recounted in "Whispering Smith: His Life and Misadventures," by Allen P. Bristow. Spearman's original story continues in popularity although over 100 years have passed and several publishers are reprinting it.
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NEWS of the wreck at Smoky Creek reached Medicine Bend from Point of Rocks at five o'clock. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wrecking boss, freight conductor, railroad man, mountain division, railroad men Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Whispering Smith, Medicine Bend, Crawling Stone, Williams Cache, Lance Dunning, Smoky Creek, Bill Dancing, Dicksie Dunning, Bob Scott, Deep Creek, Marion Sinclair, Miss Dunning, Sleepy Cat, Miss Dicksie, Murray Sinclair, Cousin Lance, Rooney Lee, Barney Rebstock, Boney Street, Cold Springs, Fort Street, Morris Blood, Stormy Gorman, Bob Johnson, Gordon Smith New!
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NEWS of the wreck at Smoky Creek reached Medicine Bend from Point of Rocks at five o'clock. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wrecking boss, freight conductor, railroad man, mountain division, railroad men Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Whispering Smith, Medicine Bend, Crawling Stone, Williams Cache, Lance Dunning, Smoky Creek, Bill Dancing, Dicksie Dunning, Bob Scott, Deep Creek, Marion Sinclair, Miss Dunning, Sleepy Cat, Miss Dicksie, Murray Sinclair, Cousin Lance, Rooney Lee, Barney Rebstock, Boney Street, Cold Springs, Fort Street, Morris Blood, Stormy Gorman, Bob Johnson, Gordon Smith New!
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