Project Gutenberg 2006-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 72 Harte, Bret 1836 1902 Harte, Francis Bret The Crusade of the Excelsior Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger "The Crusade of the Excelsior" by Bret Harte is a novel written during the mid-19th century. It is set against the backdrop of a sea voyage from the East Coast of the United States to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush, exploring themes of adventure, social interaction, and personal discovery. The tale unfolds mainly aboard the barque Excelsior and features a diverse cast of characters, including the earnest yet dissatisfied passenger Banks, the philosophical Senor Perkins, and the spirited young lady Miss Keene, who is poised between different worlds as she embarks on her journey. At the start of the novel, readers find themselves on the Excelsior as it navigates the Pacific Ocean, setting the tone with vivid descriptions of the sea and the ship's struggles against the weather. The passengers are introduced in a series of dialogues that reveal their personalities and concerns, particularly the tensions surrounding the change in the ship's course away from Mazatlan, which frustrates Banks. The chapter captures the dynamics among the passengers, highlighting budding relationships, especially between Miss Keene and Brace, alongside the tension surrounding the mysterious consequences of their voyage, which hints at deeper conflicts and themes of identity and longing as they drift toward an uncertain fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories California -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 514104 514113 2024-09-01T13:23:50.768242 2023-10-02T03:43:13.744908 text/html text/html 509729 2012-12-18T08:39:34 text/html; charset=us-ascii 179149 2012-12-18T08:41:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 234510 2024-09-01T13:23:57.699243 application/epub+zip 244065 2024-09-01T13:23:52.373248 application/epub+zip 244065 2024-09-01T13:23:51.476267 application/epub+zip 436165 2024-09-01T13:24:02.034211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408295 2024-09-01T13:23:57.095211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408047 2022-09-02T04:16:35.021426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446810 446787 2024-09-01T13:23:49.992234 2023-10-02T03:43:12.940899 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 446627 2006-05-16T09:44:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172898 2006-05-16T09:44:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18449 2024-09-01T13:24:02.179173 application/rdf+xml 15063 2024-09-01T13:23:51.837241 image/jpeg 3785 2024-09-01T13:23:51.652226 image/jpeg 227631 2024-09-01T13:23:50.809230 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