Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 135 Beach, Rex 1877 1949 Beach, Rex Ellingwood The Iron Trail Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Iron Trail" by Rex Beach is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the rugged landscapes of Alaska, primarily focusing on the adventures and challenges faced by Murray O'Neil, a rugged, practical man with a passion for his dreams, as well as his encounters with various characters navigating the complex world of mining and railway construction. The opening portion of the novel sets the stage with a ship called the Nebraska sailing through the Inside Passage of Alaska, where tragedy strikes as the ship dangerously collides with unseen hazards in the treacherous waters. Murray O'Neil, aboard the ship, must grapple with a shipwreck that leads to a chaotic evacuation. Amidst the turmoil, he encounters a terrified girl, Natalie Gerard, whom he aids to safety. This opening builds anticipation as it not only highlights O'Neil's character—courageous and protective—but also foreshadows his deeper involvement with Natalie and the schemes of Curtis Gordon, a dubious promoter connected to Natalie's family and their coal mining ventures. The events hint at a rich tapestry of themes involving ambition, danger, and interpersonal dynamics against the backdrop of a stark yet beautiful wilderness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Alaska -- Fiction PS Text Movie Books Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 648184 644255 2024-10-03T04:29:39.359058 2023-10-03T04:55:11.317644 text/html text/html 641094 2017-06-19T07:17:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 244633 2017-06-19T07:17:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 312491 2024-10-03T04:29:49.345969 application/epub+zip 322694 2024-10-03T04:29:41.670031 application/epub+zip 322694 2024-10-03T04:29:40.201995 application/epub+zip 520766 2024-10-03T04:29:54.975949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503878 2024-10-03T04:29:48.466072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479815 2022-09-03T06:29:58.813661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600746 600691 2024-10-03T04:29:37.353068 2023-10-03T04:55:09.598628 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 600593 2017-06-19T07:17:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 239480 2017-06-19T07:17:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20008 2024-10-03T04:29:55.104941 application/rdf+xml 9059 2024-10-03T04:29:40.770000 image/jpeg 2613 2024-10-03T04:29:40.485033 image/jpeg 301897 2024-10-03T04:29:39.415023 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