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A young heiress discovers that ownership involves much more than receiving dividends in The Single Track. Published under Isabel Ostrander’s pen name Douglas Grant, the novel follows Janetta from a sheltered social world into the practical dangers surrounding a mining enterprise and the construction of its railroad.
Her decision to take an active interest in the property brings her into a remote setting where business opposition, uncertain loyalties and physical obstacles threaten the project. The developing line gives the plot a concrete objective: securing a right of way and bringing the enterprise into working order. The men involved are judged through their actions as the conflict intensifies.
Romance develops alongside the engineering and business adventure, changing Janetta’s view of the life she wants. The complete 1919 novel retains its twenty-one chapters and Douglas Duer’s frontispiece in the original EPUB. Its concluding movement connects the future of the railroad with the heroine’s personal choice, giving the title both a literal and a romantic significance.