Dennis Drabelle's "The Great American Railroad War," the movie

Now showing at My Book, The Movie: The Great American Railroad War: How Ambrose Bierce and Frank Norris Took On the Notorious Central Pacific Railroad by Dennis Drabelle.

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For Collis Huntington, I would cast Ed Asner, who has the right gruffness quotient. For Frank Norris, it should be Ryan Gosling, who has the good looks and can radiate the innate goodness that everyone who knew Norris raved about; and since Gosling needs to transcend the Marlon...[read on]

Learn more about The Great American Railroad War at the St. Martin's Press website.

Dennis Drabelle is author of Mile-High Fever. He has written for multiple publications and is currently a contributing editor and a mysteries editor for The Washington Post Book World. In 1996 he won the National Book Critics Circle’s award for excellence in reviewing.

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