Project Gutenberg 2007-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 71 Hough, Emerson 1857 1923 Grefé, Will Grefe, Will The Man Next Door Reading ease score: 91.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. E-text prepared by Roger Frank, Nigel Blower, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Man Next Door" by Emerson Hough is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the lives of Old Man Wright, his daughter Bonnie Bell, and Curly, their foreman, as they transition from ranch life in Wyoming to a new life in Chicago. The narrative follows their struggles with adapting to urban society while maintaining their identities and relationships. The opening of the book introduces Bonnie Bell Wright, a spirited young woman raised on a Wyoming ranch, and her father, Old Man Wright, following the death of Bonnie's mother. With her father contemplating selling their ranch and relocating to Chicago for her education and a chance at a better life, the narrative captures their memories and emotions tied to their ranching roots. Curly, the foreman who has shared a long working relationship with Old Man Wright, experiences both nostalgia and anxiety about their impending move. As the story unfolds, it hints at the challenges they will face as they seek to integrate into the more sophisticated society of the city while grappling with their past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 407821 407683 2024-10-10T09:03:41.395974 2023-09-10T11:28:00.757224 text/html text/html 413368 2007-11-24T15:02:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 260757 2021-01-03T04:46:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 335105 2024-10-10T09:03:48.829922 application/epub+zip 340035 2024-10-10T09:03:43.421950 application/epub+zip 219225 2024-10-10T09:03:42.180975 application/epub+zip 531469 2024-10-10T09:03:52.969927 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505388 2024-10-10T09:03:48.064938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362369 2022-09-11T06:15:34.049881 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388109 388018 2024-10-10T09:03:40.080985 2023-09-10T11:27:59.710204 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 387839 2021-01-03T04:46:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139670 2021-01-03T04:46:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 387849 2021-01-03T04:46:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139668 2021-01-03T04:46:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21244 2024-10-10T09:03:53.102907 application/rdf+xml 13159 2024-10-10T09:03:42.739957 image/jpeg 3357 2024-10-10T09:03:42.456972 image/jpeg 327213 2024-10-10T09:03:41.442956 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