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100 1 _aMcCrackin, Josephine Clifford,
_d1838-1920
245 1 0 _aOverland tales
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 2013-03-11
505 0 _aLa graciosa -- Juanita -- Hetty's heroism -- A woman's treachery -- The gentleman from Siskiyou -- Something about my pets -- Poker-Jim -- The tragedy at Mohawk Station -- Lone Linden -- Manuela -- The romance of Gila Bend -- A lady in camp -- The golden lamb -- It occurred at Tucson -- A bit of "early California" -- Her name was Sylvia -- Crossing the Arizona deserts -- Down among the dead letters -- Marching with a command -- To Texas, and by the way -- My first experience in New Mexico.
508 _aE-text prepared by sp1nd, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org)
520 _a"Overland Tales" by Josephine Clifford is a collection of narratives that were penned in the late 19th century. The stories encompass various experiences from the author's travels through California, Arizona, and New Mexico, exploring themes pertinent to frontier life and personal encounters. The characters are often intricately woven into their settings, showcasing the blend of cultures, challenges, and unique tales that arise from life in the American West. At the start of the text, the author introduces readers to a significant character, Leonora—a young woman who has come to California after a troubled past marked by an unhappy marriage. As she navigates her new life, she encounters Don Pedro, a Spanish ranchero, who shows her kindness and admiration, introducing a romantic element to their burgeoning friendship. Their exchanges highlight the cultural differences and the complexities of their emotional ties over time, setting the stage for themes of love, loss, and self-discovery in the harsh yet beautiful landscape of the West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aShort stories, American
653 _aAmerican essays
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42308
999 _c83147
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