Project Gutenberg 2011-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 102 Holmes, Thomas K. The Heart of Canyon Pass Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Heart of Canyon Pass" by Thomas K. Holmes is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story opens with a vivid portrayal of life in the rough and tumble mining town of Canyon Pass, highlighting the discontent among its residents, particularly through the experiences of two elderly prospectors, Steve Siebert and Andy McCann, who’ve shared a long history of unspoken rivalry and bitterness. Meanwhile, we are introduced to other key characters such as Joe Hurley, a miner with strong ties to the community, and Nell Blossom, a local singer hoping to escape the confines of her current life. At the start of the novel, we witness the comings and goings in Canyon Pass as spring arrives, bringing with it a sense of change and anticipation. The prospectors prepare to leave for a season of mining, while the local gossip hints at the long-standing tensions that plague the town's inhabitants. There’s a backdrop of chaos following a night of revelry, emphasizing the town's reckless vibe. In addition to the ongoing tension between miners and their desires, a hint of a potential transformative element arrives with the mention of a new parson, Reverend Willett Ford Hunt, who is linked to Joe Hurley and may disrupt the established order of Canyon Pass. As characters navigate their lives marked by ambition, regret, and love, the opening sets the stage for a complex exploration of their intertwined fates against the rugged backdrop of the Western frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Clergy -- Fiction Siblings -- Fiction Miners -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 484237 484245 2024-09-15T13:58:25.453965 2023-09-16T07:23:49.764233 text/html text/html 486231 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 236534 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 288968 2024-09-15T13:58:33.720828 application/epub+zip 291853 2024-09-15T13:58:27.354849 application/epub+zip 237607 2024-09-15T13:58:26.248872 application/epub+zip 487606 2024-09-15T13:58:38.699805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442694 2024-09-15T13:58:32.790817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391268 2022-09-17T04:18:53.264902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413910 2024-09-15T13:58:24.107846 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 425447 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 162437 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 413697 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 160869 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 413689 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 160825 2021-01-07T23:45:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21708 2024-09-15T13:58:38.842768 application/rdf+xml 14290 2024-09-15T13:58:26.623847 image/jpeg 4041 2024-09-15T13:58:26.436833 image/jpeg 288948 2024-09-15T13:58:25.499880 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