Other books by Stephen Legault
Carry Tiger to Mountain: The Tao of Activism and Leadership (2006)
THE COLE BLACKWATER SERIES
The Cardinal Divide (2008)
The Darkening Archipelago (2010)
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Copyright © 2011 Stephen Legault
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Legault, Stephen, 1971–
End of the line [electronic resource] / Stephen Legault.
Type of computer file: Electronic monograph in HTML format.
Issued also in print format.
ISBN 978-1-926971-06-3
I. Title.
PS8623.E46633E53 2011b C813'.6 C2011-903360-7
Editor: Frances Thorsen
Copyeditor: Lenore Hietkamp
Design and cover illustration: Pete Kohut
Author photo: Dan Anthon
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support for our publishing activities from the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, and the province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
The End of the Line is a work of fiction set in what is known today as Lake Louise, Alberta, but in 1884 was the end of steel for the Canadian Pacific mainline, and was also known as Holt City, The Summit, and later Laggan. While it is based in a real place, and set amid real events in Canada’s history, the characters and events portrayed in this novel are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to real characters or events is coincidental.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-one
Twenty-two
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
The Third Riel Conspiracy
About the Author
Copyright
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