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Historic fiction a tale of life in Gunnison County Colorado over a 100 year span All the places are real It s a good read Kindle Edition An excellent book written about one of the most scenic areas of my home State It is nice to read about areas where the reader has personal knowledge and this book is no exception The characters are believable as are the circumstances they face Overall a book I m glad I read Kindle Edition GreatVery interesting story with lots of history Enjoyed the people stories and how US history was included with them and Gunnison County Only a few typos too Kindle Edition
Gunnison Grit is the latest novel by bestselling author and co author Craig Dirgo As co writer with Clive Cussler on The Sea Hunters The Sea Hunters II Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed Golden Buddha and Sacred Stone Dirgo learned his craft from a master Dirgo s other novels The Einstein Papers and Tremor introduced to the world Special Agent John Taft a reluctant but unstoppable secret agent In The Einstein Papers Taft must stop the Chinese who have recovered papers pertaining to Einstein s Unified Field Theory and stop a war between China and Taiwan In Tremor one of the discoveries of the ecentric genius Nikola Tesla is used to make a weapon of unparalleled destructive force Taft must find the weapon and disable the device before the United States is plunged back into the stone ages Now Dirgo has written a sweeping historical fiction novel in the vein of Centennial or Chesapeake Based on the actual history of one of the last boom towns in the west Gunnison Grit traces the history of an area for one hundred years from horseback to jet airplanes The triumphs and tragedies of a group of hardy pioneers high in the Colorado Rockies are chronicled The story follows the coming of the railroads through mining ranching lumbering and marble milling The valley is changed by the First World War and prohibition through the depression and the second war to end all wars Dams are built and mountains tamed As the mines close and the towns are threatened with extinction a tourism economy based on skiing and the magnificent summer beauty takes hold Gunnsion Grit is the story of the never say die American s that forged this country from the wilderness This is a story of men and women who never backed down from challenge or adversity The type of people who made good with what they had and prospered in spite of the hardships that surrounded them This is the story of the America of simpler times when determination and hard work counted for something Over 150000 words long Gunnsion Grit is a sweeping saga packed with historical accuracy and good old fashioned story telling I m very excited to bring this out first as an e book Dirgo said It allows me a control with style and content that is somehow lacking with mainstream publishers I always loved this type of novel and feel there is a market that is not being served Some of the large traditional publishers I spoke with doubt this type of novel can be a best seller any I think different I think there are many like me who would like to learn the history of an area in the context of a sweeping tale Gunnison Grit
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