02703cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000460011324500190015926400510017830000470022933600260027633700260030233800360032850000310036450504990039550801960089452011020109053400450219265300200223765300280225765300200228585600430230599900170234842308UtSlPG20260610133952.0mcr n260607r2013||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMcCrackin, Josephine Clifford,d1838-192010aOverland tales 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2013  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2013-03-110 aLa 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.  aE-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)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aWestern stories  aShort stories, American  aAmerican essays40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42308  c83147d83147