The wonderfully rich novel of early 20th century America from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins
The wonderfully rich novel of early 20th century America from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins
The wonderfully rich novel of early 20th century America from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins Spokane, 1909. The Dolan brothers are living by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his dashing older brother Gig dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. When Rye finds himself drawn to suffragette Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, her passion sweeps him into the world of protest and dirty business. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all . . . The Cold Millions is an intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early 20th century America.
Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets and The Cold Millions . Beautiful Ruins was a New York Times bestseller, and We Live in Water was one of Barack Obama's books of 2019. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.
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