Project Gutenberg 2008-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 75 Ames, Joseph Bushnell 1878 1928 Gunnison, Lynn Gage, George W. 1887 1957 Gage, G. W. Shoe-Bar Stratton E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "Shoe-Bar Stratton" by Joseph Bushnell Ames is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Buck Stratton, a cattle rancher who returns to his ranch, the Shoe-Bar, after a year of amnesia following his injury in World War I. He discovers that his foreman is missing, and the ranch is now owned and operated by a woman named Mary Thorne, leading Buck into a series of conflicts as he seeks to reclaim his life and uncover the truth. At the start of the narrative, Buck Stratton disembarks from a train in a small, remote prairie town, reflecting on his recent past and the year of lost memory as he makes his way to the Shoe-Bar ranch. Upon arrival, he learns of the unexpected changes that have occurred during his absence, including the ownership transition to Mary Thorne and suspicions of deceit surrounding the ranch's management. As Buck navigates these revelations, he grapples with the lingering mysteries of his own past, his growing intrigue toward Mary, and the challenges posed by the ranch's current circumstances, which hint at deeper troubles within the community, including rustling and potential betrayals. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Ranching -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 530949 530781 2024-09-11T12:56:00.505749 2023-09-12T06:45:04.152376 text/html text/html 558800 2008-11-28T16:50:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 253171 2021-01-04T10:48:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 304191 2024-09-11T12:56:09.313728 application/epub+zip 314032 2024-09-11T12:56:02.225730 application/epub+zip 253547 2024-09-11T12:56:01.212761 application/epub+zip 530094 2024-09-11T12:56:14.828677 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509358 2024-09-11T12:56:08.601706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453827 2022-09-12T14:13:46.070398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458965 458866 2024-09-11T12:55:58.980738 2023-09-12T06:45:02.948369 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 458643 2021-01-04T10:48:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 176297 2021-01-04T10:48:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 458665 2021-01-04T10:48:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 176284 2021-01-04T10:48:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20679 2024-09-11T12:56:14.988650 application/rdf+xml 12689 2024-09-11T12:56:01.587726 image/jpeg 3437 2024-09-11T12:56:01.399716 image/jpeg 296555 2024-09-11T12:56:00.554768 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