Author Book Signing Event

Author Book Signing Event at the Uinta County Library

David Jacinto's "Where Eagles Fly Free" is the second in the courageous series, a sweeping historical epic that chronicles the true and tumultuous journey of Thomas Wright and his young wife Annie. They leave the =British Isles behind for the promise of freedom in post-civil war America. Thomas finds himself a leader in the construction of the railroad that ends at Promontory Point, where the Golden Spike united the two rail companies, completing the transcontinental railroad. Thomas draws on his experience as a coal miner to play a crucial role as an engineer in the construction of the four railroad tunnels in Echo Canyon and Castle Rock, Utah, one of which was the longest in the world at the time. Read about the kidnapping of Thomas C. Durrant, Vice President of the Union Pacific Railroad, at Piedmont, Wyoming. Jacinto has researched primary sources in Uinta County, Wyoming, and Summit County, Utah