Project Gutenberg 2012-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 162 Birge, Julius Charles 1839 1923 Birge, Julius C. 13000024 The Awakening of the Desert Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Greg Bergquist, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Awakening of the Desert" by Julius Charles Birge is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The narrative chronicles the experiences of a group of men embarking on a westward expedition across the American plains during the tumultuous post-Civil War era, particularly focusing on their journey to the Pacific Coast. The book explores themes of adventure, survival, and the interaction between settlers and the Native American tribes of the time. The opening of the book introduces a group of six men in Whitewater, Wisconsin, who gather around a fire to discuss a proposed camping trip to the Pacific Coast in spring 1866. Led by Captain Hill Whitmore, the party plans to outfit a wagon train to transport goods across the plains to Salt Lake, which poses both an opportunity for economic gain and considerable risks due to hostile encounters with Native Americans. As they prepare for their journey, the young members of the party reflect on their aspirations and the allure of the wild West, setting the stage for the challenges and adventures that lie ahead on their path. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41333/41333-h/images/cover.jpg en Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs F590.3 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 803062 803064 2024-10-17T11:35:38.148462 2023-09-18T05:58:47.464686 text/html text/html 807547 2012-11-09T15:09:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1588780 2012-11-09T15:09:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1705838 2024-10-17T11:35:49.742962 application/epub+zip 1715952 2024-10-17T11:35:40.730481 application/epub+zip 398819 2024-10-17T11:35:39.263484 application/epub+zip 1925232 2024-10-17T11:35:56.674886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1860266 2024-10-17T11:35:48.440912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546801 2022-09-18T20:14:11.894836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 742775 742547 2024-10-17T11:35:36.673471 2023-09-18T05:58:46.340640 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 742495 2012-11-09T15:09:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 285007 2012-11-09T15:09:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 742488 2012-11-09T15:09:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 284964 2012-11-09T15:09:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21707 2024-10-17T11:35:57.182864 application/rdf+xml 20532 2024-10-17T11:35:39.795445 image/jpeg 2265 2024-10-17T11:35:39.532470 image/jpeg 1589641 2024-10-17T11:35:38.283482 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