Project Gutenberg 2010-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 113 White, William Patterson 1884 White, W. P. (William Patterson) Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) 1892 1968 Coleman, Ralph Pallen Paradise Bend Reading ease score: 94.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "Paradise Bend" by William Patterson White is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book centers around Tom Loudon, a young cowhand entangled in the tensions between rival cattle ranchers and a complex romantic interest in Kate Saltoun, the daughter of a ranch owner. It explores themes of loyalty, deception, and the harsh realities of life on the frontier. At the start of the narrative, we meet Tom Loudon as he rides out to run an errand for Kate, revealing his deep infatuation with her. The opening chapters introduce a sense of danger and conflict as rumors of cattle rustling swirl in the air. Tom learns of a bounty placed for the unknown rustlers affecting their ranch, setting a tone of unease in the Lazy River country. He encounters the sheriff, who seems ineffective against the rising threats, and hints at suspicions about the local 88 ranch manager, Sam Blakely. Overall, the opening establishes a captivating mix of personal stakes and external conflict that promises to unravel as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Western stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 598950 593039 2024-10-14T13:46:48.042957 2023-09-15T07:35:10.905291 text/html text/html 587780 2021-01-07T06:44:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 263602 2021-01-07T06:44:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 340691 2024-10-14T13:46:57.773951 application/epub+zip 350348 2024-10-14T13:46:50.220000 application/epub+zip 301384 2024-10-14T13:46:48.891971 application/epub+zip 564551 2024-10-14T13:47:03.223946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 545433 2024-10-14T13:46:56.877932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466738 2022-09-16T03:51:55.905775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543299 543295 2024-10-14T13:46:45.674005 2023-09-15T07:35:08.973285 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 543117 2021-01-07T06:44:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 209916 2021-01-07T06:44:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 543113 2021-01-07T06:44:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209880 2021-01-07T06:44:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21588 2024-10-14T13:47:03.468893 application/rdf+xml 12079 2024-10-14T13:46:49.451934 image/jpeg 3305 2024-10-14T13:46:49.169943 image/jpeg 331131 2024-10-14T13:46:48.094960 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