Project Gutenberg 2013-01-26 Public domain in the USA. 112 Eggleston, George Cary 1839 1911 McCullough, W. A. (William A.) McCullough, William A. Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains Camp Venture: Adventures Among the Moonshiners E-text prepared by David Edwards, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains" by George Cary Eggleston is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a group of boys, the Ridsdale brothers and their friends, as they embark on an adventurous mission to harvest timber in the Virginia mountains during their winter vacation. The book blends themes of friendship, perseverance, and the challenges of outdoor life as the young adventurers face both the beauty and the dangers of nature. At the start of the narrative, the boys reach their camping spot after a taxing climb up the mountain. Led by the determined Jack Ridsdale, they establish a temporary camp where they plan to chop down trees for railroad ties. During their first night in the mountains, they encounter a rough mountaineer who initially threatens them, revealing the presence of moonshiners in the area. After a tense confrontation, Tom Ridsdale jumps to action, showing not only bravery but also the group's resolve to stand their ground and continue their project despite the dangers ahead. As they settle into their new environment, the dynamics of the group are explored, foreshadowing the trials they will face in the wilderness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41919/41919-h/images/cover.jpg en Mountain life -- Juvenile fiction Lumber camps -- Juvenile fiction Virginia -- Juvenile fiction Distilling, Illicit -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 497995 497771 2024-09-17T14:16:09.481824 2023-09-18T09:04:52.262835 text/html text/html 497562 2013-01-26T11:32:59 text/html 926458 2013-01-26T17:56:27 text/html application/zip 1034219 2024-09-17T14:16:15.956778 application/epub+zip 1040374 2024-09-17T14:16:10.377811 application/epub+zip 248486 2024-09-17T14:16:09.925808 application/epub+zip 1206107 2024-09-17T14:16:20.767768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1165228 2024-09-17T14:16:15.506780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374244 2022-09-19T07:37:25.385140 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472324 472137 2024-09-17T14:16:08.529830 2023-09-18T09:04:51.179814 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 471808 2013-01-26T11:28:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 175125 2013-01-26T11:28:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 471816 2013-01-26T11:28:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175120 2013-01-26T11:28:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21570 2024-09-17T14:16:20.916749 application/rdf+xml 23198 2024-09-17T14:16:10.016865 image/jpeg 3593 2024-09-17T14:16:09.970825 image/jpeg 926289 2024-09-17T14:16:09.551819 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