Project Gutenberg 2009-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 722 Roberts, James 1881 1934 The Coyote A Western Story Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Coyote" by James Roberts is a Western story written in the early 20th century. It follows the character Rathburn, also known as The Coyote, an outlaw who traverses the arid landscapes of the Southwestern United States while evading law enforcement. The narrative introduces themes of morality and vigilante justice, as Rathburn grapples with his identity as a fugitive and the external forces pursuing him. At the start of the novel, Rathburn discovers a wanted poster offering a reward for him, which heightens his sense of desperation. The opening depicts him contemplating the implications of his outlaw status and demonstrating a complex blend of charm and menace. He interacts with a young boy and a girl on a ranch, revealing his inner turmoil and nuanced character through light-hearted banter and deeper reflections on societal perceptions. As the story unfolds, the tension escalates with Rathburn on the run from lawmen led by Sheriff Judson Brown, highlighting the duality of his existence as he navigates friendship, betrayal, and survival in a lawless land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 452214 452227 2024-11-12T16:00:53.197605 2023-09-13T07:09:42.382364 text/html text/html 479596 2009-08-03T14:59:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 163346 2009-08-03T15:03:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226342 2024-11-12T16:01:02.102572 application/epub+zip 233756 2024-11-12T16:00:55.406613 application/epub+zip 228028 2024-11-12T16:00:54.073558 application/epub+zip 415527 2024-11-12T16:01:07.155557 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392787 2024-11-12T16:01:01.237572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366781 2022-09-13T16:11:28.679685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388522 388439 2024-11-12T16:00:51.713627 2023-09-13T07:09:41.054379 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 388418 2009-08-03T14:59:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 143180 2009-08-03T15:03:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 388443 2009-08-03T15:02:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143157 2009-08-03T15:03:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20819 2024-11-12T16:01:07.294501 application/rdf+xml 9148 2024-11-12T16:00:54.633582 image/jpeg 2515 2024-11-12T16:00:54.352555 image/jpeg 217153 2024-11-12T16:00:53.236568 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