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In 1915 seasoned Pinkerton investigator August Lepke is sent to Alaska Territory to ""box up"" captured serial killer Edward Krause with circumstantial evidence. He assumes it will be routine and clear-cut, just like his life. Once in Juneau he encounters confusion in suffragette Florence Malone, her naive sister Fiona, and their shady, politically powerful father, Jack. His work brings him unexpected allies, and enemies. The Tlingit policeman, George Mak-we, whose culture writhes in transition, was nothing like the Red Indians Lepke had read about as a child, and Begay Santo, the college-educated Filipino grocery clerk, were totally outside his realm. How does flirtatious Amanda Ganbor, newly widowed Austrian noblewoman, and her one-time traveling companion, professed English journalist Arnold Williams, fit into the picture? Numerous attempts on his life bring him to the realization there is more going on than he supposed, and Krause can reach far beyond the bars of his cell in the federal courthouse. The gold standard dictates economics throughout the world and the mines of the Juneau Gold Belt help fill U.S. coffers. The vast Treadwell Complex dominates the region in production and cutting-edge engineering; its loss could jeopardize the United States' ability to enter the Great War enveloping Europe. The first-generation cross-section of belligerent European immigrant miners, as well as dynamite charges, have short fuses. Then there is the saboteur. Lepke finally realizes that mines, as well as men, can be murdered; and his life has become anything but clear-cut and routine. This novel is illustrated with vintage photos. Third Edition - Fully Immersive!

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I read Treadwell in manuscript, and I've reviewed the first edition. This novel is so well written I could not suggest a major edit to make it smaller. It is a huge novel in the tradition of Leon Uris and James Mitchener, with the scope and depth of an iMax movie. Treadwell brings alive the Alaska of 1915...the land, the scenery, the technology, the people, the social issues, the ways people lived, worked and loved. We don't remember how different the United States and the Alaska Territory was on the eve of America's entry into the First World War. Treadwell brings the whole world of 1915 alive in a thrilling way. Throughout the book, I could hear and feel the stamp mills of the mine...thump....thump...thump...pacing the story and driving it to its inexorable conclusion. This is the great historical novel of the first two decades of the 21st century.

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