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LoC No.: 06041217
Title: The Tragedy of Wild River Valley
Note: Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "The Tragedy of Wild River Valley" by Martha Finley is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative appears to focus on themes of morality, crime, and family ties against the backdrop of the post-Civil War American Midwest. The story introduces several engaging characters, among them Phelim O'Rourke, whose sinister motives and moral conflict set the stage for unfolding drama involving his family and the surrounding community. At the start of the book, we meet Phelim O'Rourke, a recently returned soldier from the Civil War, who arrives at his family's humble cabin to a warm welcome from his mother and father. However, excitement soon turns to turmoil when Phelim learns that the woman he loves is now married to another man, igniting feelings of rage and revenge in him. As he grapples with his disappointment, he joins a group of miscreants led by Teddy McManus, planning a burglary to secure wealth and, perhaps, his future. Meanwhile, the Heath family, struggling with their own hardships and the threat from rising criminal activity in the region, forms a secondary thread in the narrative, hinting at interconnected fates in Wild River Valley. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
EBook No.: 46437
Published: Jul 28, 2014
Downloads: 66
Language: English
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Revenge -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Family -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Death -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Farm life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Theft -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Brigands and robbers -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Marriage -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Envy -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 06041217
Title: The Tragedy of Wild River Valley
Note: Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by David Edwards, Fred Salzer and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
from
images generously made available by The Internet Archive
(http:
//archive.org/).
Summary: "The Tragedy of Wild River Valley" by Martha Finley is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative appears to focus on themes of morality, crime, and family ties against the backdrop of the post-Civil War American Midwest. The story introduces several engaging characters, among them Phelim O'Rourke, whose sinister motives and moral conflict set the stage for unfolding drama involving his family and the surrounding community. At the start of the book, we meet Phelim O'Rourke, a recently returned soldier from the Civil War, who arrives at his family's humble cabin to a warm welcome from his mother and father. However, excitement soon turns to turmoil when Phelim learns that the woman he loves is now married to another man, igniting feelings of rage and revenge in him. As he grapples with his disappointment, he joins a group of miscreants led by Teddy McManus, planning a burglary to secure wealth and, perhaps, his future. Meanwhile, the Heath family, struggling with their own hardships and the threat from rising criminal activity in the region, forms a secondary thread in the narrative, hinting at interconnected fates in Wild River Valley. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
EBook No.: 46437
Published: Jul 28, 2014
Downloads: 66
Language: English
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Revenge -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Family -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Death -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Farm life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Theft -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Brigands and robbers -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Marriage -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Envy -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.