Project Gutenberg 2009-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 78 Garland, Hamlin 1860 1940 They of the High Trails Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. The grub-staker -- The cow-boss -- The remittance man -- The lonesome man -- The trail tramp -- The prospector -- The outlaw -- The leaser -- The forest ranger. E-text prepared by Barbara Kosker and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "They of the High Trails" by Hamlin Garland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores the lives and adventures of various characters in the American West, particularly focusing on the themes of gold prospecting and the rugged lifestyle associated with it. The main character introduced in the opening chapter is Sherman F. Bidwell, an aging prospector struggling with financial difficulties and a complicated relationship with the widow Delaney, who runs a local boarding house. The opening of the novel sets the stage in a small mining town, revealing the dynamics between Bidwell and the widow, as well as his fellow boarders. As Bidwell discusses his gold prospecting hopes with his landlady, it becomes clear that he faces both external challenges in the treacherous wilderness and internal conflicts surrounding his aspirations and personal connections. The dialogue between him and Mrs. Delaney introduces humor and tension, highlighting Bidwell's desperation and the widow's tough love, while also hinting at the larger themes of ambition and the pursuit of dreams in the unforgiving landscape of the West. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 659712 652762 2024-10-12T14:06:00.143766 2023-09-13T05:24:55.770630 text/html text/html 665879 2009-06-14T16:23:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 657473 2009-06-14T16:26:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 722893 2024-10-12T14:06:13.565734 application/epub+zip 729588 2024-10-12T14:06:03.627759 application/epub+zip 337559 2024-10-12T14:06:01.437770 application/epub+zip 982142 2024-10-12T14:06:20.567701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 925579 2024-10-12T14:06:11.873713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497034 2022-09-13T13:41:08.762258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598865 598627 2024-10-12T14:05:57.706767 2023-09-13T05:24:53.549584 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 598465 2009-06-14T16:18:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 233252 2009-06-14T16:18:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 598494 2009-06-14T16:18:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 233227 2009-06-14T16:18:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21673 2024-10-12T14:06:20.723644 application/rdf+xml 12343 2024-10-12T14:06:02.257796 image/jpeg 3607 2024-10-12T14:06:01.941787 image/jpeg 718249 2024-10-12T14:06:00.219801 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