Pickett's Gap

About this book

Rival railroads want to run a rail line through Pickett's Gap. A heartwarming tale of how 13-year-old Dannie Pickett tries to stop them from laying the line through the graveyard on his grandfather's farm, where lies his beloved mother. But which of the two railroads was the first to make the survey? Only Dannie can provide the truth, and he must brave a major snowstorm to set the record straight. (Summary by Donald Cummings)