The novel DEVIL MAKE A THIRD is composed of 13 sections which cover a period of approximately 28 years from 1887 to 1915. Each section is made up of multiple chapters and an interlude which the author uses to advance his timeline. No dates are used in the novel but Chapter 1 to Chapter 15 which make up the first seven sections of the novel cover the period from 1887 until the early 1890s. INTERLUDE 7 advances the action ten years with the fictional town of Aven going from a frontier boom town into a small urban area with paved streets, a water works, power plant, telephone company and all the other innovations of a turn-of-the-century urban area. All of the 33 chapters show us the world from the perspective of the protagonist, Buck Bannon and the 11 interludes describe Buck Bannon from the perspective of two railroad brakemen, Jake and Bascom.