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100 1 _aEggleston, George Cary,
_d1839-1911
245 1 0 _aCamp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains
246 1 _aCamp Venture: Adventures Among the Moonshiners
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-01-26
508 _aE-text prepared by David Edwards, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org)
520 _a"Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains" by George Cary Eggleston is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a group of boys, the Ridsdale brothers and their friends, as they embark on an adventurous mission to harvest timber in the Virginia mountains during their winter vacation. The book blends themes of friendship, perseverance, and the challenges of outdoor life as the young adventurers face both the beauty and the dangers of nature. At the start of the narrative, the boys reach their camping spot after a taxing climb up the mountain. Led by the determined Jack Ridsdale, they establish a temporary camp where they plan to chop down trees for railroad ties. During their first night in the mountains, they encounter a rough mountaineer who initially threatens them, revealing the presence of moonshiners in the area. After a tense confrontation, Tom Ridsdale jumps to action, showing not only bravery but also the group's resolve to stand their ground and continue their project despite the dangers ahead. As they settle into their new environment, the dynamics of the group are explored, foreshadowing the trials they will face in the wilderness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMountain life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aLumber camps -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aVirginia -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aDistilling, Illicit -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aMcCullough, W. A.
_q(William A.)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41919
999 _c82758
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