ALISTAIR MACLEAN
Breakheart Pass

Copyright

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1974

Copyright © Devoran Trustees Ltd 1974

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Dedication

To Mary Marcelle

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

THE CHARACTERS

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

Keep Reading

About the Author

By Alistair MacLean

About the Publisher

THE CHARACTERS

JOHN DEAKIN

COLONEL CLAREMONT

COLONEL FAIRCHILD

GOVERNOR FAIRCHILD

MARICA FAIRCHILD

MAJOR OȧBRIEN

NATHAN PEARCE

SEPP CALHOUN

WHITE HAND

GARRITTY

REV. THEODORE PEABODY

DOCTOR MOLYNEUX

CHRIS BANLON

CARLOS

HENRY

BELLEW

DEVLIN

RAFFERTY

FERGUSON

CARTER

SIMPSON

BENSON

CARMODY

HARRIS

CAPTAIN OAKLAND

LIEUTENANT NEWELL

A Gunman

US Cavalry

Commandant of Fort

Humboldt

The Governor of Nevada

The Governorȧs niece and

the daughter of Colonel

Fairchild

The Governorȧs Aide

US Marshal

A villain of some note

Chief of the Paiutes

A gambler

Chaplain elect for

Virginia City

US Army Doctor

Engineer

Cook

Steward

US Army Sergeant

Brakeman on train

A trooper

US Army Telegraphists

Three minor villains

Passive but relevant

The following bears very closely on the choice of 1873 as the date for this story.

CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH | 1855-75
COMSTOCK LODE DISCOVERED | 1859
DISAFFECTED NEVADA INDIANS ACTIVE | 1860-80
NEVADA BECAME STATE | 1864
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY BUILT | 1869
BONANZA DISCOVERED | 1873
CHOLERA IN ROCKIES | 1873
DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST WINCHESTER REPEATERS | 1873
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA (ELKO) ESTABLISHED | 1873
DISASTROUS FIRE IN LAKEȧS CROSSING (WHICH BECAME RENO IN 1879) | 1873

NB. It might appear odd that a US Army relief mission should be sent to attend a cholera outbreak, but this is not so: the State of Nevada Health Service was not established until 1893.

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