Project Gutenberg 2014-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 68 Herbert, Henry William 1807 1858 The Silent Rifleman! A tale of the Texan prairies Jackson's novels. Produced by Jana Palkova, sp1nd 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 Silent Rifleman! A Tale of the Texan Prairies" by Henry William Herbert is a historical novel likely written in the mid-19th century. Set against the backdrop of the Texan prairies, the narrative follows the adventures and perils faced by a frontiersman named Pierre Delacroix. The story intertwines themes of survival, camaraderie, and unexpected romance as Delacroix encounters various characters, including the newlywed couple, Lieutenant Arthur Gordon and his wife Julia. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Pierre, a small and agile horseman on the Texan prairies, who is well-armed and cautious. As he travels, he prepares to camp when he sights a group of dragoons, leading to a tense encounter that transforms into a shared meal and introductions. Through dialogue, we learn of their backgrounds, with Julia revealed to be the daughter of Colonel Forester, deepening the stakes for their journey. The opening sets a vivid scene of the wild landscape while establishing Pierre as a character of intrigue, hinting at his significance in both the brewing conflicts and the intertwined fates of the other characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46304/46304-h/images/front_cover.jpg en Western stories Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 155548 155556 2024-09-19T10:42:10.593621 2023-09-20T06:56:15.567695 text/html text/html 154037 2014-07-16T16:53:44 text/html; charset=us-ascii 96233 2014-07-16T16:53:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 102993 2024-09-19T10:42:13.704550 application/epub+zip 104315 2024-09-19T10:42:11.077554 application/epub+zip 101647 2024-09-19T10:42:10.830546 application/epub+zip 167692 2024-09-19T10:42:15.864549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151324 2024-09-19T10:42:13.447536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149022 2022-09-21T05:22:43.572868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143036 142840 2024-09-19T10:42:10.310571 2023-09-20T06:56:15.303661 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 142846 2014-07-16T16:53:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55811 2014-07-16T16:53:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19225 2024-09-19T10:42:15.994521 application/rdf+xml 14664 2024-09-19T10:42:10.898563 image/jpeg 2424 2024-09-19T10:42:10.864612 image/jpeg 96772 2024-09-19T10:42:10.635549 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 More titles under Forester, Frank More titles under Dinks