Project Gutenberg 2012-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 251 Lynde, Francis 1856 1930 Becher, Arthur E. 1877 1960 Becher, A. E. (Arthur E.) The Wreckers Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Wreckers" by Francis Lynde is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative is centered on Graham Norcross, a railroad construction executive who finds himself embroiled in the chaos of managing a struggling railroad line, the Pioneer Short Line. As he deals with various challenges, including a kidnapping incident and corruption, he also navigates personal interactions with intriguing characters like Mrs. Sheila Macrae and her cousin Maisie Ann. The opening of the story introduces us to Jimmie Dodds, Norcross's confidential clerk, as they embark on a train journey that quickly leads to unforeseen complications. Following delays caused by a freight-train wreck, they encounter Mrs. Sheila and Maisie Ann on the train. When both women venture off the train to retrieve a forgotten muff, a series of misadventures unfolds, leading to the discovery of a plot to kidnap Mr. Chadwick, a wealthy businessman traveling in a private car on the same train. As the plot progresses, we see wealthy and influential characters maneuvering against each other, with current treachery intertwining with Norcross's new responsibilities as the recently appointed general manager of the railroad. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/38846/38846-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Political corruption -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 514583 2025-08-15T15:48:45.059468 text/html 515621 2012-04-22T11:22:46 text/html 471165 2025-08-15T15:48:51.159418 application/epub+zip 479064 2025-08-15T15:48:46.205448 application/epub+zip 238858 2025-08-15T15:48:45.811453 application/epub+zip 633736 2025-08-15T15:48:55.218352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 601151 2025-08-15T15:48:50.771446 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361188 2022-09-17T17:03:34.639520 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491057 2025-08-15T15:48:44.105425 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 490922 2012-04-22T11:23:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 490916 2012-04-22T11:22:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21194 2025-08-15T15:48:55.378353 application/rdf+xml 11138 2025-08-15T15:48:45.892427 image/jpeg 2135 2025-08-15T15:48:45.853399 image/jpeg 185269 2012-04-22T11:23:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 461525 2012-04-22T11:23:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 185234 2012-04-22T11:23:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 462794 2025-08-15T15:48:45.109417 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia