Project Gutenberg 2010-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 101 Read, Opie Percival 1852 1939 Read, Opie P. A Yankee from the West: A Novel Reading ease score: 94.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Darleen Dove, David K. Park, Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Yankee from the West" by Opie Percival Read is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a man named Milford, who arrives in a rural Illinois community, seeking work and a new start. With rich descriptions of the landscape and keen observations about the local life, Read explores themes of identity, belonging, and the contrasts between urban and rural experiences. At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to Milford, a rugged traveler disillusioned by his past and eager to find a new purpose in the pastoral charm of southern Illinois. The opening chapter paints a vivid picture of the local environment and the characters that inhabit it, particularly focusing on Mrs. Stuvic, a strong-willed widow who runs a boarding house. As Milford interacts with local farmers and other residents, including the eccentric Lewson and the vibrant hired help, he begins to carve out a niche in this new world. The dynamic relationships and humorous dialogues set the stage for a story rich in character development and social commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Farm life -- Fiction Illinois -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 448318 448326 2024-10-14T09:21:42.095186 2023-09-15T04:08:29.149256 text/html text/html 454807 2010-09-20T09:24:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 164463 2010-09-20T09:24:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 262214 2024-10-14T09:21:52.667161 application/epub+zip 264676 2024-10-14T09:21:46.091266 application/epub+zip 238857 2024-10-14T09:21:44.484178 application/epub+zip 485837 2024-10-14T09:21:57.476118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 443142 2024-10-14T09:21:51.422155 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393591 2022-09-15T11:42:24.278876 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408841 408720 2024-10-14T09:21:40.821199 2023-09-15T04:08:27.881196 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 408722 2010-09-20T09:24:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 155826 2010-09-20T09:24:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 408714 2010-09-20T09:24:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 155806 2010-09-20T09:24:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21587 2024-10-14T09:21:57.622102 application/rdf+xml 14370 2024-10-14T09:21:45.123169 image/jpeg 3581 2024-10-14T09:21:44.837174 image/jpeg 248171 2024-10-14T09:21:42.134216 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