Project Gutenberg 2005-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 87 Raine, William MacLeod 1871 1954 Raine, William McLeod Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West" by William MacLeod Raine is a historical novel penned in the early 20th century. The book explores the transformation of the American West, particularly focusing on the clash between oil interests and cattle ranching in a rugged frontier setting. The story centers on David Sanders, a young cowpoke, who becomes embroiled in a series of conflicts, including a horse race that pits his prized pony against a trickster's pack horse, ultimately leading Dave into a deeper struggle involving local land barons and the quest for water rights. The opening of the novel introduces the harsh, beautiful landscape of the cattle country and establishes the camaraderie among the young cowboys. It depicts a lively campfire scene filled with good-natured banter and sets the stage for an impending conflict when a bet on a horse race goes awry. As tensions rise, the protagonist, David Sanders, faces off against con-men who aim to cheat him, leading to a physical confrontation that escalates the drama within the story. This introductory portion not only captures the spirit of the rugged ranch life but also foreshadows the larger themes of personal honor and the transition of a way of life threatened by encroaching industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Petroleum industry and trade -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 542452 542314 2024-10-06T13:35:43.160715 2023-09-07T04:09:40.050465 text/html text/html 542445 542307 2024-10-06T13:35:43.489712 2023-09-07T04:09:40.237447 text/html text/html 314879 2024-10-06T13:35:55.189635 application/epub+zip 322973 2024-10-06T13:35:47.837679 application/epub+zip 271629 2024-10-06T13:35:46.313666 application/epub+zip 668375 2024-10-06T13:36:01.007592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 617403 2024-10-06T13:35:54.130634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451628 2022-09-07T17:12:03.593042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475288 475201 2024-10-06T13:35:42.608708 2023-09-07T04:09:39.562464 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 474931 2020-12-19T02:45:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 187423 2020-12-19T02:45:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 474922 2020-12-19T02:45:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 187357 2020-12-19T02:45:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21326 2024-10-06T13:36:01.169604 application/rdf+xml 25798 2024-10-06T13:35:46.889726 image/jpeg 4696 2024-10-06T13:35:46.602666 image/jpeg 310586 2024-10-06T13:35:43.537684 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