Project Gutenberg 2006-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 141 Lillibridge, Will 1878 1909 Lillibridge, William Otis Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Ben Blair" by Will Lillibridge is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Benjamin Blair, a young boy navigating a harsh frontier life marked by tragedy and struggle. The opening chapters introduce the reader to the gritty environment of the prairie as well as the complex relationships between the characters that shape Ben’s early experiences. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to a brutal world where Ben's father, Tom Blair, is depicted as a reckless alcoholic who neglects his family, leading to tragic outcomes. The opening scenes set in Mick Kennedy’s saloon expose the darker aspects of frontier life, illustrating both harsh realities and emotional turmoil, particularly through the eyes of Ben’s sickly mother, Jennie. As she faces her own demise, the boy is confronted with loss and abandonment that propel him into a harsh new life, ultimately leading to his adoption by a different rancher. This establishes a profound foundation for Ben’s character development as he seeks belonging and confronts challenges in this unforgiving landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction Cowboys -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 586838 586819 2024-10-08T05:09:29.147076 2023-09-08T07:24:08.766725 text/html text/html 594440 2020-06-11T02:45:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 546248 2020-06-08T00:33:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 556619 2024-10-08T05:09:37.905024 application/epub+zip 563372 2024-10-08T05:09:30.548066 application/epub+zip 289269 2024-10-08T05:09:29.824059 application/epub+zip 739055 2024-10-08T05:09:43.437981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 688486 2024-10-08T05:09:37.009034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 415700 2022-09-08T13:18:42.511362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533178 533095 2024-10-08T05:09:27.576066 2023-09-08T07:24:07.408741 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 533121 2006-02-24T04:49:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 205188 2006-02-24T04:49:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 533114 2006-02-24T04:49:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 205163 2006-02-24T04:49:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21643 2024-10-08T05:09:43.577970 application/rdf+xml 18326 2024-10-08T05:09:29.966067 image/jpeg 3264 2024-10-08T05:09:29.894043 image/jpeg 544987 2024-10-08T05:09:29.209054 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