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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aGarland, Hamlin,
_d1860-1940
245 1 4 _aThe Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2010-08-18
508 _aProduced by Mary Meehan and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop" by Hamlin Garland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Captain George Curtis, a diligent officer assigned to manage an Indian agency, as he negotiates the complexities of his duty amid cultural tensions and personal conflicts. The narrative explores themes of duty, identity, and the friction between settlers and Native American tribes during a tumultuous period in American history. At the start of the novel, the setting is established in the harsh winter landscape of the Bear Tooth Range where Captain Curtis is on a challenging expedition. He is accompanied by Sergeant Pierce, and they soon face treacherous weather conditions while attempting to reach safety at a sulphur spring. Upon reaching Fort Smith, Curtis learns of his new appointment as Indian agent, a position that will thrust him into the heart of local political struggles involving settlers like the Streeters and the indigenous Tetong people. The opening portion immerses the reader in Curtis's steadfast character and foreshadows the challenges he will encounter as he strives to uphold justice amidst diverging interests and cultural clashes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aColorado -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33458
999 _c74304
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