Project Gutenberg 2010-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 64 Geier, Chester S. 1921 1990 Archette, Guy Cold Ghost Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Cold Ghost" by Chester S. Geier is a suspenseful short story published in the late 1940s, reflecting the psychological tension typical of mid-20th-century literature. The narrative revolves around themes of survival, betrayal, and supernatural retribution amidst the harsh, frozen wilderness of Alaska. At its core, the tale examines the chilling consequences of greed and deception. The story follows Matt Hager, a trapper grappling with the dire situation of transporting his sick partner, Cahill, through a brutal snowstorm. As frustration feeds his desire for wealth, Hager devises a plan to abandon Cahill to the cold, believing that the death of his partner will secure the entire profit from their furs for himself. However, after successfully carrying out his heinous act, Hager becomes haunted by an intense, persistent cold that seems to follow him, no matter where he goes. Desperate to rid himself of this chilling presence, Hager's attempts to escape lead him across the country, culminating in a futile search for warmth and solace. In the end, he is left confronted with the consequences of his actions when the cold becomes his ultimate demise. The tragic irony lies in the fact that the heat of life eludes him forever, leaving readers to ponder the true nature of guilt and the spectral weight of past misdeeds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32685/32685-h/images/cover.jpg en Short stories Ghost stories Alaska -- Fiction Trappers -- Fiction Dogsledding -- Alaska -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 55237 55245 2024-09-14T04:12:28.609741 2023-09-14T09:09:21.619735 text/html text/html 51245 2010-06-04T10:54:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 137045 2010-06-04T10:54:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 133225 2024-09-14T04:12:30.423251 application/epub+zip 132286 2024-09-14T04:12:28.966776 application/epub+zip 61388 2024-09-14T04:12:28.773745 application/epub+zip 169324 2024-09-14T04:12:31.794252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 161669 2024-09-14T04:12:30.227259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91853 2022-09-15T05:49:51.087215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47705 47602 2024-09-14T04:12:28.480750 2023-09-14T09:09:21.501752 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 47615 2010-06-04T10:54:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18400 2010-06-04T10:54:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19164 2024-09-14T04:12:31.924255 application/rdf+xml 35036 2024-09-14T04:12:28.841737 image/jpeg 5730 2024-09-14T04:12:28.806791 image/jpeg 143422 2024-09-14T04:12:28.631752 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