The Sigh of the Elephant
by Kirsten Alexander
THE WEIGHT OF LEAD
The Weight of Lead is an epic 1869 Western grounded in rigorous research. Mei Leigh, daughter of a railroad worker killed drilling cliffs for the line, stands beside an Apache girl whose bond becomes the novel’s moral core. As corporate corruption poisons miners, Indigenous nations face removal, and trafficking thrives, Civil War veterans and a Navajo scout confront a nation built on conquest and profit and ask whether decency can endure.
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