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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aAiken, Ednah,
_d1872-1960
245 1 4 _aThe river
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-05-31
508 _aRichard Hulse, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The River" by Ednah Aiken is a novel written in the early 20th century. This engaging story unfolds in the American Southwest and primarily follows the life of K. C. Rickard, an engineer who has recently relocated to Tucson. The narrative captivates readers with themes of ambition, loyalty, and the struggles associated with controlling nature, particularly through the problematic diversion of the Colorado River. At the start of the narrative, Rickard arrives at the office of Tod Marshall, a key figure in Arizona politics and business. Dressed sharply for the Tucson climate, Rickard is immediately perceived as an outsider by the other office employees. As he waits for Marshall, he reflects on his journey from a respectable engineering position to working in a politically charged environment, and he is soon drawn into the challenging task of managing the Colorado River, an undertaking fraught with difficulty and potential failure. The opening chapters introduce a cast of characters, including the enigmatic Marshall and the flawed but earnest Tom Hardin, setting the stage for a tale of redemption and the trials of navigating complex relationships in a fiercely competitive landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cIndianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aCalifornia -- Fiction
653 _aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Fiction
653 _aImperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Fiction
653 _aIrrigation -- California -- Fiction
653 _aWater rights -- California -- Fiction
653 _aWater-supply -- California -- Fiction
700 1 _aRiesenberg, Sidney H.,
_d1885-1971
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/theriver00aikerich
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73739
999 _c114464
_d114464