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100 1 _aCullum, Ridgwell,
_d1867-1943
245 1 4 _aThe Twins of Suffering Creek
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2009-08-08
508 _aProduced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Twins of Suffering Creek" by Ridgwell Cullum is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Scipio, a gentle and naive man struggling to provide for his wife, Jessie, and their twin children amidst the harsh realities of life in a rough mining camp in Montana. The narrative explores themes of love, desperation, and betrayal as Scipio's devotion and naïveté create tension within his marriage, setting the stage for the unfolding drama. At the start of the book, we meet Scipio, who is trying to assist his indifferent wife, Jessie, while also dealing with the harshness of their daily lives. Jessie is consumed with discontent and longing for their former life of comfort, which contrasts with Scipio’s hopeful dreams of striking gold to improve their situation. As the story progresses, an intriguing character, a man named Lord James, enters their lives and stirs up conflict, leading to Jessie's eventual decision to leave Scipio for him, thus plunging Scipio into despair. The opening chapters set in a small mining camp depict the struggles of their family dynamic, revealing deep emotional layers that foreshadow a dramatic conflict driven by love, desire, and the quest for a better life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGold mines and mining -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29638
999 _c70486
_d70486