Project Gutenberg 2012-03-24 Public domain in the USA. 234 Micheaux, Oscar 1884 1951 Farrow, W. M. Farrow, W.M. The Homesteader: A Novel Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Cathy Maxam and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Homesteader: A Novel" by Oscar Micheaux is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores the challenges of life on the American frontier through the experiences of its main characters — Jean Baptiste, a determined young Black homesteader, and Agnes Stewart, a young woman seeking adventure and purpose in a new land. Their intersecting lives highlight issues of race, class, and gender as they navigate their ambitions against the backdrop of a society rife with prejudice and social barriers. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Agnes Stewart, who reflects on her family's failed farming venture in Kansas and their return to Indiana. Her yearning for a better life leads her to consider a move to South Dakota, where opportunities abound. Concurrently, Jean Baptiste is portrayed in a gripping scene against a fierce blizzard as he struggles to return home to his sod house. Their fateful encounter occurs when Agnes, after getting lost during her adventure, stumbles upon Jean, who is on the brink of freezing to death. As she rescues him, their lives intersect in a poignant moment that sets the stage for the complex dynamics of race, love, and ambition that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39238/39238-h/images/icover.jpg en Western stories Pastoral fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- South Dakota -- Fiction African American pioneers -- South Dakota -- Fiction South Dakota -- History -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 909334 909341 2024-10-16T13:40:38.089081 2023-09-17T07:42:34.267213 text/html text/html 925119 2012-03-24T09:45:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 542388 2012-03-24T09:45:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 574495 2024-10-16T13:40:51.028998 application/epub+zip 585901 2024-10-16T13:40:40.046074 application/epub+zip 398672 2024-10-16T13:40:39.072058 application/epub+zip 863549 2024-10-16T13:40:59.515996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 766755 2024-10-16T13:40:49.803003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580839 2022-09-18T04:36:48.262959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 830127 829939 2024-10-16T13:40:35.062119 2023-09-17T07:42:31.586197 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 830016 2012-03-24T09:45:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 307509 2012-03-24T09:45:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 830008 2012-03-24T09:45:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 307468 2012-03-24T09:45:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23022 2024-10-16T13:40:59.680993 application/rdf+xml 12671 2024-10-16T13:40:39.193075 image/jpeg 2210 2024-10-16T13:40:39.132081 image/jpeg 540354 2024-10-16T13:40:38.196101 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