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A NOVEL GERARD L A SALLE $12.95 Historical fiction 1860 throughout the world over universal emancipation. Civil war looms in the Unites States. In the midst of it all, a young woman is moving back to Boston with what is left of her family, devastated and bank- rupted by savage, tragic events that occurred less than a year ago in the Pacific Northwest. ey traverse a hostile terrain on the new Panama isthmus railroad, the most modern transportation in the world. From inside their coach they watch the humid forest, a differ- ent type of green from what they knew up north, slipping fast past, a warm verdant blur. Looking down the aisle they see an uncomfort- able array of fellow travelers, an international mix of characters with whom they will get to know all too well . . . each with hidden hopes and dreams . . . predators and victims, desperadoes and hangmen, widows and widow makers. A convenient ride through the jungle. An inconvenient assault. A run for their lives. cover design by greenleaf book group Printed in the United States of America ISTHMUS e spellbinding first sequel to the award winning Widow Walk . . . a brilliant interweave of richly drawn characters locked together in the journey of their lives. ISTHMUS L A SALLE
