Project Gutenberg 2009-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 92 Emerson, Alice B. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil; Or, The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil; Or, The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune" by Alice B. Emerson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the adventurous protagonist, Betty Gordon, who embarks on an exciting train journey to Flame City, Oklahoma, alongside her friend Bob Henderson. Their journey is filled with lively conversations, friendships, and hints of mystery regarding potential swindlers targeting unsuspecting farmowners in the oil-rich area. At the start of the novel, Betty is dining on a train and filled with anticipation about their destination in Flame City. As she and Bob engage in playful banter, Bob overhears two suspicious men discussing a scheme to cheat a vulnerable farmer out of her land in the oil region. This revelation sets the stage for their adventure, as Betty expresses a strong desire to thwart these potential con artists. While Betty is excited about exploring the land and even planting flower seeds along the way, Bob is concerned about their safety and is determined to protect Betty from any wrongdoing. This combination of youthful exuberance and budding detective work suggests that their journey will lead to both personal growth and thrilling encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Oklahoma -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 318345 318226 2024-10-13T05:44:37.776785 2023-09-13T10:23:10.418618 text/html text/html 333817 2009-11-14T11:44:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 238014 2009-11-14T11:44:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 363694 2024-10-13T05:44:47.181771 application/epub+zip 364820 2024-10-13T05:44:41.742761 application/epub+zip 187810 2024-10-13T05:44:40.271789 application/epub+zip 636526 2024-10-13T05:44:51.527713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598195 2024-10-13T05:44:46.149762 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403630 2022-09-14T06:27:20.744013 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275264 275061 2024-10-13T05:44:36.736788 2023-09-13T10:23:09.593598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 275056 2009-11-14T11:44:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105792 2009-11-14T11:44:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19199 2024-10-13T05:44:51.678712 application/rdf+xml 23698 2024-10-13T05:44:40.838738 image/jpeg 4509 2024-10-13T05:44:40.555853 image/jpeg 325558 2024-10-13T05:44:37.812803 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