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100	1		_aGates, Eleanor, _d1875-1951
245	1	4	_aThe Plow-Woman
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2010
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2010-01-31
508			_aProduced by Stephen Hope, Barbara Kosker, Michael and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"The Plow-Woman" by Eleanor Gates is a novel written in the early 20th century. This work chronicles the experiences of Dallas Lancaster, a determined young woman adapting to life on the Dakota prairie in the face of challenges that come with homesteading, family struggles, and the complexities of community life during a time of expansion in the American West. The story examines themes of resilience, responsibility, and the clash between the encroaching railroad and the lives of settlers. At the start of the narrative, we meet Dallas, who is diligently plowing their new land with her mules, Ben and Betty, as winter approaches. The opening chapter introduces her family, including her father Evan, a crippled former railroad worker, and her delicate younger sister, Marylyn. The family's hopes hinge on their claim's potential value because of the imminent arrival of the railroad, which Dallas worries will disrupt their hard-earned life. As Dallas handles her plowing and interacts with her surroundings, the narrative builds a sense of both the arduous labor required for homesteading and the subtle shifts in their circumstances, foreshadowing conflict that may arise from their precarious position in the frontier. The arrival of outsiders, including a storekeeper named John Lounsbury, hints at evolving relationships and possible tensions in this tightly-knit community. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aDakota Territory -- Fiction
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31139
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