Project Gutenberg 2007-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 93 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) 1825 1894 Ballantyne, Robert Michael Twice Bought Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Twice Bought" by R. M. Ballantyne is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story unfolds in the backdrop of the American West, focusing on the struggles of Tom Brixton, a young miner who becomes entangled in a life of gambling and theft. As he navigates the harsh realities of gold digging, Brixton's moral compass is tested when he resorts to desperate measures to reclaim what he believes was stolen from him. The opening of the novel introduces Tom Brixton and his friend Fred Westly as they work at a gold dig site, revealing Brixton's reckless gambling habits that lead him to lose all his possessions to a notorious bully named Gashford. Frustrated and determined to get back what he lost, Brixton makes the fateful decision to steal from Gashford, setting off a chain of events that will see him become an outlaw with a heavy conscience. As he grapples with his choices, he finds himself pursued by the community that once embraced him, leading to moments of intense moral conflict and external danger as he must face the consequences of his actions. This opening lays a foundation for a tale of redemption and the search for personal integrity amid the lawlessness of the frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Gambling -- Juvenile fiction Gold -- Juvenile fiction Theft -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 462463 462464 2024-10-09T11:42:30.586198 2023-09-10T03:54:14.658712 text/html text/html 485750 2007-06-06T15:22:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 169053 2007-06-06T15:22:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 242392 2024-10-09T11:42:40.132327 application/epub+zip 249366 2024-10-09T11:42:34.080208 application/epub+zip 235602 2024-10-09T11:42:32.631218 application/epub+zip 432903 2024-10-09T11:42:44.354145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424200 2024-10-09T11:42:39.210191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393225 2022-09-10T08:50:44.408472 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434750 434725 2024-10-09T11:42:29.762231 2023-09-10T03:54:13.917713 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 434664 2007-06-06T15:22:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168419 2007-06-06T15:22:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21201 2024-10-09T11:42:44.486125 application/rdf+xml 12537 2024-10-09T11:42:33.204193 image/jpeg 3386 2024-10-09T11:42:32.921188 image/jpeg 235530 2024-10-09T11:42:30.628217 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