Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 94 De Forest, John William 1826 1906 Forest, John William de De Forest, J. W. (John William) Overland: A Novel Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Curtis Weyant, Barbara Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Overland: A Novel" by John William De Forest is a historical fiction novel written during the late 19th century. The story unfolds in Santa Fé, New Mexico, a small and struggling town with a diverse cultural backdrop, focusing primarily on two women: Clara Muñoz Garcia Van Diemen, a strikingly beautiful orphan facing financial ruin, and her forthright Aunt Maria, who is determined to help her niece navigate through their meager resources and troubled family history. The opening portion of the novel introduces us to the stark setting of Santa Fé, contrasting Clara's vibrant beauty and Aunt Maria's strong-willed character against the town's desolation and decay. As the two women discuss Clara's financial problems and family connections that may lead to a potential resolution, we learn about Clara's late father and the invitation she receives from her estranged grandfather in California. This development sets the stage for the adventure to come, where their overland journey beckons with risks and potential fortune, interspersed with looming threats from the desert and the people they encounter along the way, including Lieutenant Thurstane, a young American officer who harbors feelings for Clara. The opening chapter deftly balances character development with foreshadowing of the perilous journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New Mexico -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 757146 755477 2024-10-05T17:17:38.402783 2023-10-06T04:58:29.941022 text/html text/html 754955 2020-12-14T20:54:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 336227 2020-12-14T20:54:15 text/html application/zip 415595 2024-10-05T17:17:49.956711 application/epub+zip 430657 2024-10-05T17:17:41.722740 application/epub+zip 366896 2024-10-05T17:17:40.328793 application/epub+zip 716290 2024-10-05T17:17:56.698714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673700 2024-10-05T17:17:48.981710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577411 2022-09-06T20:01:59.312696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 728801 728706 2024-10-05T17:17:36.562822 2023-10-06T04:58:28.349005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 729794 2020-12-14T20:54:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 284688 2020-12-14T20:54:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 729788 2020-12-14T20:54:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284587 2020-12-14T20:54:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21642 2024-10-05T17:17:56.840675 application/rdf+xml 14358 2024-10-05T17:17:40.891750 image/jpeg 3594 2024-10-05T17:17:40.607750 image/jpeg 414197 2024-10-05T17:17:38.472764 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia