Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 62 Curwood, James Oliver 1878 1927 Curwood, James-Oliver Schoonover, Frank E. 1877 1972 Schoonover, Frank Earle The Courage of Captain Plum Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Kara Passmore, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Courage of Captain Plum" by James Oliver Curwood is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Captain Nathaniel Plum, a young and somewhat reckless sailor, as he embarks on an adventure that pits him against the Mormon community on Beaver Island, led by the formidable leader James Strang. The narrative explores themes of courage, loyalty, and moral dilemmas as Plum gets entangled in a web of intrigue involving gold, weapons, and the mysterious lives of the island's inhabitants. At the start of the novel, we meet Captain Plum as he lounges on the shores of Lake Michigan, contemplating a letter that troubles him. His solitary moment is interrupted when he is approached by an enigmatic old man, Obadiah Price, who seems to know much about Plum’s intentions and the cargo he possesses aboard his sloop. From there, a series of events unfolds that leads Plum into the heart of the Mormon stronghold, revealing a complex world filled with danger, unexpected alliances, and the allure of an intriguing woman marked by the scent of lilacs. The opening introduces a mix of humor, suspense, and vivid characterization, setting the stage for Plum's challenging journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 333210 332049 2024-10-05T17:38:57.225723 2023-10-06T05:15:10.363900 text/html text/html 331298 2020-12-14T22:43:47 text/html; charset=us-ascii 243497 2020-12-14T22:43:47 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 324017 2024-10-05T17:39:04.812681 application/epub+zip 329152 2024-10-05T17:39:00.283703 application/epub+zip 186252 2024-10-05T17:38:59.032717 application/epub+zip 471981 2024-10-05T17:39:08.286660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453555 2024-10-05T17:39:04.021691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296728 2022-09-06T20:25:47.127167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314294 314204 2024-10-05T17:38:56.383771 2023-10-06T05:15:09.751919 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 315656 2020-12-14T22:43:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 115366 2020-12-14T22:43:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20342 2024-10-05T17:39:08.418652 application/rdf+xml 11059 2024-10-05T17:38:59.605709 image/jpeg 2955 2024-10-05T17:38:59.322706 image/jpeg 319666 2024-10-05T17:38:57.265712 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 en.wikipedia