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 Project Gutenberg 2006-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 63 King, Charles 1844 1933 Foes in Ambush Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Foes in Ambush" by Charles King is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds against the tense backdrop of Arizona in the post-Civil War era, focusing on the experiences of soldiers navigating through a land rife with danger, including hostile Apache tribes and outlawed gangs. The main characters include the paymaster Major Plummer, Sergeant Feeny, and members of the Harvey family, who find themselves embroiled in a treacherous situation involving deception and potential kidnapping. At the start of the novel, the narrative introduces the scorching Arizona landscape and the weary paymaster, Major Plummer, who is overseeing a military escort carrying government funds. Discontented with his slow-moving crew, he becomes aware of potential threats as Sergeant Feeny expresses concerns about their safety during the upcoming night journey. The tension escalates with the arrival of men returning from an ill-fated mission, revealing that the Apache threat is real and imminent. At the same time, the subplot regarding the Harvey family introduces young women who are caught in the crossfire of these conflicting forces. The opening masterfully sets the stage for a tale of bravery and survival amidst isolation and betrayal, raising questions about trust, duty, and the dire consequences of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 385782 385779 2024-10-08T04:58:53.967931 2023-09-08T07:16:01.640165 text/html text/html 390396 2006-02-20T06:14:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 205220 2006-02-20T06:14:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 287405 2024-10-08T04:59:01.152923 application/epub+zip 290221 2024-10-08T04:58:56.019929 application/epub+zip 229994 2024-10-08T04:58:54.747957 application/epub+zip 442799 2024-10-08T04:59:05.078826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411977 2024-10-08T04:59:00.313863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322849 2022-09-08T13:06:35.640416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358949 358843 2024-10-08T04:58:53.135896 2023-09-08T07:16:00.951194 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 358798 2006-02-20T06:14:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141207 2006-02-20T06:14:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 358789 2006-02-20T06:14:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141141 2006-02-20T06:14:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20975 2024-10-08T04:59:05.211833 application/rdf+xml 11229 2024-10-08T04:58:55.303881 image/jpeg 3006 2024-10-08T04:58:55.022953 image/jpeg 272412 2024-10-08T04:58:54.008989 application/octet-stream application/zip