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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aBower, B. M.,
_d1871-1940
245 1 4 _aThe Lookout Man
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-04-15
508 _aProduced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net.
520 _a"The Lookout Man" by B. M. Bower is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Jack Corey, a young man who finds himself in a precarious position after a wild night out leads him to commit a crime with friends. To escape potential consequences, Jack flees to a remote lookout station in the wilderness, where he faces not only the solitude of nature but also the weight of his past actions. The opening of the novel sets the scene in the bustling after-hours atmosphere of a beach town, where Jack and his friends engage in reckless behavior that spirals out of control. Following a humorous yet dangerous turn of events during a joyride, Jack's involvement in a mock robbery leads to an unexpected shooting incident that changes everything. Overwhelmed by guilt and fear, he retreats to the mountains, where he assumes the role of a lookout, watching over the forest but grappling with feelings of isolation and regret. As he adjusts to life in the wilderness, he becomes introspective about his situation, illustrating the contrast between his former carefree existence and the gravity of his current circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aForest rangers -- Fiction
700 1 _aTaylor, Henry Weston,
_d1881-1978
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15625
999 _c57013
_d57013