Project Gutenberg 2011-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 72 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne The Fatal Cord, and The Falcon Rover Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Fatal Cord and The Falcon Rover" by Mayne Reid is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story begins in a forested area of Arkansas, where a group of young hunters gathers for a bear hunt, depicting the rough and adventurous spirit of youth in the backwoods of America during this period. The novel combines themes of camaraderie, competition, and peril when a cruel prank results in a dangerous predicament for one of the characters, a mixed-race young hunter named Pierre Robideau. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to a lively campfire scene where six boys celebrate their successful bear hunt. Among them is Brandon, a privileged youth who asserts dominance over the others, and Pierre, a young man of mixed heritage who is being subjected to their bullying. The playful atmosphere quickly turns dark when Brandon challenges Pierre to a hanging contest, intending to humiliate him. The open disregard for Pierre's safety escalates to a critical moment when the other boys abandon him, leaving him suspended by a noose they've rigged, prompting a desperate outcry for help that echoes in the silent forest. The tension escalates as Pierre grapples with his dire situation, setting the stage for a complex exploration of prejudice, revenge, and moral choices in a harsh frontier society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Maryland -- Fiction Arkansas -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 446239 446249 2024-09-15T04:18:15.678952 2023-09-15T10:04:14.483768 text/html text/html 461785 2011-02-07T05:05:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 393284 2011-02-07T05:05:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 472303 2024-09-15T04:18:23.695849 application/epub+zip 479757 2024-09-15T04:18:17.508936 application/epub+zip 224647 2024-09-15T04:18:16.461904 application/epub+zip 679618 2024-09-15T04:18:28.264872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 646335 2024-09-15T04:18:22.677856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391410 2022-09-16T07:28:09.713933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416732 416707 2024-09-15T04:18:14.864930 2023-09-15T10:04:13.583736 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 416584 2011-02-07T05:05:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158593 2011-02-07T05:05:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18264 2024-09-15T04:18:28.399879 application/rdf+xml 11865 2024-09-15T04:18:16.817886 image/jpeg 2878 2024-09-15T04:18:16.638891 image/jpeg 445617 2024-09-15T04:18:15.724892 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