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 Project Gutenberg 2011-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 169 Harte, Bret 1836 1902 Harte, Francis Bret Gabriel Conroy Produced by David Edwards, Bill Yeiser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Gabriel Conroy" by Bret Harte is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Gabriel Conroy, a young man who faces desperate circumstances during a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada as he and a group of emigrants navigate survival under harrowing conditions. Their plight echoes themes of human endurance, moral dilemmas, and the struggles of life on the frontier. At the start of the novel, the setting is a harsh, snow-covered landscape that envelops the valley and mountains of California in March 1848. The opening portion introduces the dire situation of Captain Conroy's party, who are lost, starving, and surrounded by looming death. Amidst the overwhelming silence of the snow, a disheveled young man, visibly weakened, makes a desperate trek to find the group. His arrival at a makeshift camp reveals a disturbing reality: the remaining members of the party, having been subjected to starvation, exhibit signs of severe mental and emotional degradation. The narrative richly captures the brutal realities of survival and the depths to which humanity can plunge under extreme conditions, as it deftly establishes the themes and character dynamics that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories California -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1009214 1009033 2024-09-15T11:05:41.127174 2023-09-16T04:53:44.647874 text/html text/html 1008456 2024-08-03T08:13:56 text/html 476144 2024-09-15T11:05:56.914096 application/epub+zip 491765 2024-09-15T11:05:44.674231 application/epub+zip 443060 2024-09-15T11:05:42.884163 application/epub+zip 819696 2024-09-15T11:06:05.283622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 745856 2024-09-15T11:05:54.719152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672890 2022-09-16T14:52:39.902195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 926196 926164 2024-09-15T11:05:38.676245 2023-09-16T04:53:42.193830 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 906291 2024-08-03T08:13:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16413 2024-09-15T11:06:05.427565 application/rdf+xml 9775 2024-09-15T11:05:43.269173 image/jpeg 2749 2024-09-15T11:05:43.076175 image/jpeg 464160 2024-09-15T11:05:41.216269 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia