Project Gutenberg 2005-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 80 Shedd, George C. (George Clifford) 1877 1937 Shedd, George Clifford Botkin, Henry Albert 1896 1983 Botkin, Henry A. The Iron Furrow Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Garcia, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Iron Furrow" by George C. Shedd is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book centers on Lee Bryant, a young civil engineer who has just purchased a struggling ranch in New Mexico and is determined to bring water to the parched land through irrigation. Set against a backdrop of rugged landscapes and the challenges of homesteading, the story explores themes of perseverance, the clash between settlers of different races, and the trials of rural life. At the start of the narrative, the reader is introduced to the landscape of New Mexico, where Lee Bryant navigates the dry mesa and encounters the harsh reality of ranch life. He meets two young women, Ruth Gardner and Imogene Martin, who are homesteading nearby and struggling with their claims. The subplot introduces a looming threat from the powerful Menocal family, who control the water rights and seem intent on sabotaging Bryant's plans. In a twist of fate, as he works on the irrigation system, Bryant must juggle his goals with the interpersonal dynamics and conflicts arising in this rural setting, particularly as he finds himself increasingly drawn to Ruth Gardner amidst the tensions surrounding them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Fiction Ranching -- New Mexico -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 475099 466164 2024-10-07T13:47:30.704518 2023-09-08T04:32:13.778610 text/html text/html 470736 2020-12-12T21:55:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 334419 2020-12-12T21:55:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 405831 2024-10-07T13:47:40.545478 application/epub+zip 414574 2024-10-07T13:47:33.261527 application/epub+zip 257145 2024-10-07T13:47:31.705532 application/epub+zip 647391 2024-10-07T13:47:45.575490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616591 2024-10-07T13:47:39.417474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413797 2022-09-08T09:11:45.117354 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431194 431094 2024-10-07T13:47:29.063554 2023-09-08T04:32:12.487627 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 431020 2020-12-12T21:55:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 167867 2020-12-12T21:55:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 431012 2020-12-12T21:55:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 167797 2020-12-12T21:55:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22250 2024-10-07T13:47:45.720444 application/rdf+xml 13179 2024-10-07T13:47:32.310550 image/jpeg 3611 2024-10-07T13:47:32.010518 image/jpeg 399738 2024-10-07T13:47:30.750535 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