| Author |
Clifford, Josephine, 1838- |
| Title |
Overland Tales
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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| Contents |
La graciosa -- Juanita -- Hetty's heroism -- A woman's treachery -- The gentleman from Siskiyou -- Something about my pets -- Poker-Jim -- The tragedy at Mohawk Station -- Lone Linden -- Manuela -- The romance of Gila Bend -- A lady in camp -- The golden lamb -- It occurred at Tucson -- A bit of "early California" -- Her name was Sylvia -- Crossing the Arizona deserts -- Down among the dead letters -- Marching with a command -- To Texas, and by the way -- My first experience in New Mexico.
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| Credits |
E-text prepared by sp1nd, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org)
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| Summary |
"Overland Tales" by Josephine Clifford is a collection of narratives that were penned in the late 19th century. The stories encompass various experiences from the author's travels through California, Arizona, and New Mexico, exploring themes pertinent to frontier life and personal encounters. The characters are often intricately woven into their settings, showcasing the blend of cultures, challenges, and unique tales that arise from life in the American West. At the start of the text, the author introduces readers to a significant character, Leonora—a young woman who has come to California after a troubled past marked by an unhappy marriage. As she navigates her new life, she encounters Don Pedro, a Spanish ranchero, who shows her kindness and admiration, introducing a romantic element to their burgeoning friendship. Their exchanges highlight the cultural differences and the complexities of their emotional ties over time, setting the stage for themes of love, loss, and self-discovery in the harsh yet beautiful landscape of the West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
Western stories
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| Subject |
Short stories, American
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| Subject |
American essays
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
42308 |
| Release Date |
Mar 11, 2013 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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