Project Gutenberg 2005-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 65 Towne, Charles Hanson 1877 1949 Browne, Porter Emerson 1879 1934 The Bad Man: A Novel Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by David Garcia, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) "The Bad Man: A Novel" by Charles Hanson Towne and Porter Emerson Browne is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around Gilbert Jones, a young American rancher who has bravely ventured into a challenging frontier in Arizona, plagued by bandit threats and financial struggles. The narrative deals with themes of courage, love, and the quest for stability, while also touching upon the complications arising from relationships and unfulfilled dreams. At the start of the novel, Gilbert reflects on his bold decision to settle in Arizona, despite the myriad of difficulties he faces, including the looming threat of foreclosure on his ranch due to bandit raids and his financial misfortunes exacerbated by the Great War. The opening introduces his character and hints at a sense of community among ranchers dealing with the instability of their lives, including the encroachment of their neighbor Jasper Hardy, who harbors ambitions of taking over Gilbert's land. Additionally, the story begins to weave in relationships that may complicate the characters' lives, including Gilbert's past connection with Lucia Pell, the arrival of her husband Morgan Pell, and the dynamics between them all as tensions rise over property and emotional stakes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 350111 349834 2024-10-07T13:16:29.991065 2023-09-08T04:08:17.989717 text/html text/html 357838 2020-12-12T19:57:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 197765 2020-12-12T19:57:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 275212 2024-10-07T13:16:39.128020 application/epub+zip 279330 2024-10-07T13:16:33.254020 application/epub+zip 206131 2024-10-07T13:16:31.892042 application/epub+zip 463426 2024-10-07T13:16:43.435007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439534 2024-10-07T13:16:38.231994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321381 2022-09-08T08:35:45.844363 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319987 319764 2024-10-07T13:16:28.586596 2023-09-08T04:08:16.747731 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 319505 2020-12-12T19:57:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 122703 2020-12-12T19:57:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 319512 2020-12-12T19:57:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 122685 2020-12-12T19:57:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21713 2024-10-07T13:16:43.575961 application/rdf+xml 13331 2024-10-07T13:16:32.457022 image/jpeg 3386 2024-10-07T13:16:32.177016 image/jpeg 271822 2024-10-07T13:16:30.027068 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