Project Gutenberg 2005-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 58 Mighels, Philip Verrill 1869 1911 Verrill Mighels, Philip Bruvver Jim's Baby Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "Bruvver Jim's Baby" by Philip Verrill Mighels is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a young child who is unexpectedly found amidst an Indian rabbit drive in the wilderness of Nevada by a rugged miner named Jim. The narrative explores themes of compassion, family, and community as Jim takes the child, who appears to be lost and abandoned, under his wing, prominently highlighting their bond and the miner's transformation as a paternal figure. The opening of the book sets the stage during a vivid description of a rabbit hunt by the Piute tribe. Here, we are introduced to a young boy, timidly riding on a pony, who finds himself separated from the Indian tribe and subsequently falls off, left behind amid the wilderness. This sets the scene for Jim's entrance, a lanky miner who discovers the boy sitting among scattered rabbits. Despite his rough exterior, Jim's heart opens to the lost child, whom he names "Skeezucks" or "Aborigineezer." The subsequent chapters follow their developing relationship, Jim's attempts at caring for the boy, and the unforeseen challenges they face in the rugged landscape of Borealis, ultimately showcasing the creation of a makeshift family against the backdrop of a close-knit community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Gold miners -- Fiction Foundlings -- Fiction Nevada -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 305750 305695 2024-10-07T11:25:34.129218 2023-09-07T11:43:29.652969 text/html text/html 305743 305688 2024-10-07T11:25:34.689141 2023-09-07T11:43:29.801973 text/html text/html 192202 2024-10-07T11:25:43.046148 application/epub+zip 195161 2024-10-07T11:25:37.983160 application/epub+zip 178545 2024-10-07T11:25:36.692137 application/epub+zip 383879 2024-10-07T11:25:47.215087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355251 2024-10-07T11:25:42.202147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328344 2022-09-08T06:29:38.800708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269282 269278 2024-10-07T11:25:33.734166 2023-09-07T11:43:29.393981 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 269100 2020-12-12T11:51:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 103710 2020-12-12T11:51:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 269091 2020-12-12T11:51:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103689 2020-12-12T11:51:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21661 2024-10-07T11:25:47.343076 application/rdf+xml 16209 2024-10-07T11:25:37.235147 image/jpeg 3974 2024-10-07T11:25:36.961129 image/jpeg 190843 2024-10-07T11:25:34.722156 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