Project Gutenberg 2008-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 80 King, Charles 1844 1933 Starlight Ranch, and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Starlight ranch -- Well won; or, From the plains to "The Point" -- From "The Point" to the plains -- The worst man in the troop -- Van. Produced by Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier" by Charles King is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The narratives are set against the backdrop of military life on the American frontier, capturing the experiences of soldiers as they navigate both the challenges of their duties and the complexities of personal relationships. The stories explore themes of adventure, duty, and the conflicts associated with life on the frontier, often highlighting the camaraderie among soldiers and their interactions with the indigenous populations. The opening of "Starlight Ranch" introduces readers to a scouting party composed of soldiers investigating the possible whereabouts of renegade Apaches in the mountainous landscape. As tensions rise over their seemingly aimless marching and inciting concerns over their leader's decisions, the narrative shifts to hints of curiosity regarding two new ranches in the area, particularly one called Starlight Ranch. With introductions to various characters, tension builds around the potential dangers they face and foreshadows connections to a young woman named Zoe Burnham, raising questions about love and duty amid the arid vastness of the frontier. The beginning sets the stage for both military and personal conflicts that will unfold throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Soldiers -- Fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction United States. Army -- Military life -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 452974 452957 2024-09-11T08:19:27.100677 2023-09-11T11:25:36.485202 text/html text/html 458180 2021-01-03T21:49:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 173731 2021-01-03T21:49:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241909 2024-09-11T08:19:34.346633 application/epub+zip 248128 2024-09-11T08:19:28.956655 application/epub+zip 248129 2024-09-11T08:19:27.887679 application/epub+zip 531108 2024-09-11T08:19:38.909635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485101 2024-09-11T08:19:33.507653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485099 2022-09-12T08:10:01.089614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421283 421074 2024-09-11T08:19:26.162685 2023-09-11T11:25:35.756186 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 420981 2021-01-03T21:49:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 164668 2021-01-03T21:49:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 420993 2021-01-03T21:49:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164628 2021-01-03T21:49:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21316 2024-09-11T08:19:39.049614 application/rdf+xml 23643 2024-09-11T08:19:28.253656 image/jpeg 4658 2024-09-11T08:19:28.068652 image/jpeg 236913 2024-09-11T08:19:27.140662 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