02181cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500330014526400510017830000470022933600260027633700260030233800360032850000310036450801870039552011310058253400450171365300210175865300260177985600430180599900190184863044UtSlPG20260610134443.0mcr n260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMacGowan, Alice,d1858-194712aA Girl of the Plains Country 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2020  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2020-08-25  aE-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"A Girl of the Plains Country" by Alice MacGowan is a novel written in the early 20th century. The storyline introduces the Van Brunt family, notably little Hilda, as they relocate from New York to the rugged plains of Texas after the death of Hilda's mother. The book explores their initial experiences in a harsh and unfamiliar land, addressing themes of loss, resilience, and the challenges of adapting to a new life.  At the start of the novel, we follow young Hilda Van Brunt as she arrives in the plains country with her father, Charles, and aunt, Valeria. They are greeted by Hank Pearsall, the ranch manager of Three Sorrows Ranch, who has come to assist them in their transition. Hilda's excitement and wonder about their new surroundings and the contrasting attitudes of her father and aunt set the stage for their adjustment to ranch life. Amidst this backdrop, Hilda's imaginative spirit shines through as she quickly bonds with Uncle Hank and expresses her fascination with the vast, wild landscape, symbolizing hope and adventure in the wake of their family tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aTexas -- Fiction  aRanch life -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63044  c103868d103868