Project Gutenberg 2008-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 93 Raine, William MacLeod 1871 1954 Raine, William McLeod Rowe, Clarence 1878 1930 Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe, Clarence Herbert Brand Blotters Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Brand Blotters" by William MacLeod Raine is a Western novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in the rugged landscapes of the American Southwest, focusing on themes of survival and identity. The central figure introduced is a tenderfoot, identified as James Diller, who finds himself in dire circumstances while fleeing to the Sonora line, where he encounters lawlessness and deceit among cattlemen, as well as his own moral dilemmas. The opening portion of the novel begins with a vivid portrayal of the tenderfoot's plight in the unforgiving wilderness. Suffering from hunger and thirst, he witnesses a cattle stampede and comes across a dead man, whose identity he takes on to escape his troubled past. This sets off a chain of events involving Melissy Lee, a strong-willed young woman who becomes entwined with his fate. The narrative introduces a mix of danger and intrigue, hinting at conflicts over cattle rustling, as well as a complex relationship between the two main characters, immediately establishing a foundation for themes of deception, identity, and justice that are likely to unfold throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 514917 514939 2024-09-11T13:15:06.016577 2023-09-12T07:01:21.377970 text/html text/html 541155 2008-12-07T11:52:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 305066 2008-12-07T11:55:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 357603 2024-09-11T13:15:15.242557 application/epub+zip 367094 2024-09-11T13:15:07.774644 application/epub+zip 247413 2024-09-11T13:15:06.698584 application/epub+zip 557341 2024-09-11T13:15:20.674594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 541485 2024-09-11T13:15:14.528535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422584 2022-09-12T14:38:12.253926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440999 440919 2024-09-11T13:15:03.971600 2023-09-12T07:01:19.584931 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 440855 2008-12-07T11:52:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171211 2008-12-07T11:55:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 440881 2008-12-07T11:54:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171143 2008-12-07T11:55:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20446 2024-09-11T13:15:20.874500 application/rdf+xml 11140 2024-09-11T13:15:07.095608 image/jpeg 3234 2024-09-11T13:15:06.889570 image/jpeg 348618 2024-09-11T13:15:06.067608 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