02627cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000400011324500780015326400510023130000470028233600260032933700260035533800360038150000310041750801800044852013190062853400450194765300200199265300410201265300160205365300320206965300480210165300540214985600430220399900190224665487UtSlPG20260610134518.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aEllis, Edward Sylvester,d1840-191610aLightning Jo, the Terror of the Santa Fe Trail: A Tale of the Present Day 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2021-06-01  aDavid Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library at http://digital.lib.niu.edu/)  a"Lightning Jo, the Terror of the Santa Fe Trail: A Tale of the Present Day" by Capt. J. F. C. Adams is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story is set against the backdrop of the American West, where the central focus revolves around the heroic efforts of Lightning Jo and a group of frontier men as they attempt to rescue beleaguered families from a brutal Comanche attack. The novel captures themes of courage, survival, and the fierce struggle between settlers and Native American tribes during a tumultuous period in history.  At the start of the novel, a desperate message arrives at Fort Adams, detailing a harrowing situation where a group of settlers, including women and children, are under siege by Comanche warriors at Dead Man’s Gulch. The messenger, Jim Gibbons, relays the urgent need for help after a fierce two-day battle that has left many casualties. Colonel Greaves of the fort decides to send a hundred men, led by the renowned scout, Lightning Jo, to assist the beleaguered group. As the story unfolds, readers are introduced to the mounting tension of the rescue mission amidst the perilous conditions of the frontier, setting the stage for a gripping narrative of heroism and relentless conflict against overwhelming odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aWestern stories  aFrontier and pioneer life -- Fiction  aDime novels  aComanche Indians -- Fiction  aSanta Fe National Historic Trail -- Fiction  aScouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65487  c106310d106310