Power

Description

John Rusk, a titan of the transcontinental railways, is not a man built for retirement. Forced to the sidelines by a health scare, he chafes against the quiet life of Pasadena, his restless spirit as volatile as a locomotive with a full head of steam. When he reads a sanitized, sugar-coated account of his own life and career in a trade journal, he sees not praise, but a pack of lies—a betrayal of the steel, sweat, and raw force that truly built an empire. Rusk decides to set the record straight.

With his loyal secretary, Wallie, he begins to dictate his own version of events: the brutal battles, the hard-won victories, and the complex truths of a life spent in the world’s biggest game. But as he looks back on forty-four years of power, he must confront the tangled legacy he leaves behind, the family he may have neglected, and the stark difference between the legend and the man.