'A beautiful lyric hymn to the power of social unrest in American history...funny and
harrowing sweet and violent innocent and experienced it walks a dozen tightropes' Anthony
Doerr author of All the Light We Cannot See_____________________________________________1909.
Spokane Washington.The Dolan brothers are living by their wits jumping freight trains and
lining up for 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.But then Rye finds himself drawn to suffragette
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and her passion sweeps him into the world of protest and dirty business.
As a storm starts brewing questions of love sacrifice brotherhood and betrayal emerge
threatening to overwhelm them all. . .The Cold Millions is at once an intimate story and a
stunning kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor
dreams and reality. Set against the panoramic backdrop of an early 20th century America Jess
Walter offers a sensational tale that resonates powerfully with our own
time.___________________________________________'A brilliantly multifaceted panorama of early
20th-century America...Walter is a writer whose work deserves a wide readership' Sunday Times'A
work of irresistible characters harrowing adventures and rip-roaring fun . . . One of the most
captivating novels of the year' Washington Post
