Project Gutenberg 2007-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 79 King, Charles 1844 1933 A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Bryan Ness, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Tame Surrender: A Story of The Chicago Strike" by Captain Charles King is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Miss Florence Allison, a spirited young woman navigating her relationships and societal expectations amid the backdrop of the Chicago Strike. The novel explores themes of love, social class, and the dynamics between characters influenced by the turmoil of labor disputes. The opening of the novel introduces the main character, Miss Florence Allison, and her various encounters, including a chance meeting with Mr. Floyd Forrest aboard a steamer, which spurs a developing bond between them. Through lively descriptions, the narrative paints Florence as a well-loved, carefree young woman and contrasts her with the reserved, introspective Forrest. As their connection deepens, the story hints at conflicts related to societal expectations and familial expectations, setting the stage for further developments as they navigate their intertwined fates against the backdrop of the looming strike in Chicago. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Pullman Strike, 1894 -- Fiction Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 414533 414507 2024-10-10T10:25:39.693807 2023-09-10T12:33:11.268851 text/html text/html 417903 2007-12-20T08:55:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2021081 2007-12-20T08:55:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1981062 2024-10-10T10:25:51.698786 application/epub+zip 1985292 2024-10-10T10:25:44.892827 application/epub+zip 230201 2024-10-10T10:25:42.096805 application/epub+zip 1027266 2024-10-10T10:25:56.040729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 989420 2024-10-10T10:25:49.326768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393997 2022-09-11T07:43:10.050656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384323 384099 2024-10-10T10:25:38.900798 2023-09-10T12:33:10.541849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 384171 2007-12-20T08:55:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 150673 2007-12-20T08:55:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 384163 2007-12-20T08:55:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150620 2007-12-20T08:55:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21695 2024-10-10T10:25:56.173733 application/rdf+xml 15949 2024-10-10T10:25:42.661798 image/jpeg 3624 2024-10-10T10:25:42.374809 image/jpeg 2156800 2024-10-10T10:25:39.808850 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