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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aWaterloo, Stanley,
_d1846-1913
245 1 4 _aThe Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2011-09-22
508 _aProduced by Suzanne Shell, Matthew Wheaton 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 Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains" by Stanley Waterloo is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds with a transcontinental train trapped in a blizzard while traversing the Cleft Mountains, and follows the courageous efforts of John Stafford, a civil engineer, as he attempts to send a distress message for rescue. The narrative highlights themes of human resilience, adventure, and the unpredictability of nature. At the start of the novel, the tumultuous blizzard engulfs a train making its way through a treacherous mountain pass, leading to its eventual halt in a massive snowdrift. As the crew realizes their predicament, they learn that they lack a telegraph operator to send out an emergency call for help. The conductor’s desperate search uncovers Stafford, a skilled engineer, who volunteers to undertake the hazardous task of reaching the telegraph line. The opening portion vividly depicts the harsh elements and the escalating tension as Stafford faces the snow-filled wilderness, setting the stage for a gripping adventure about survival and the human spirit against the odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLove stories
653 _aStorytelling -- Fiction
653 _aRailroad travel -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37509
999 _c78349
_d78349