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Title: My "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West

Alternate Title: My "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Mines

Note: Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: Produced by David Widger from page images generously
provided by the Internet Archive

Summary: "My 'Pardner' and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West" by Willis George Emerson is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Vance Gilder, a young journalist from New York City, who discovers that he is the partial owner of a gold mine named Gray Rocks in Idaho, a property once owned by his late father. The narrative explores themes of ambition, the pursuit of wealth, and the contrasts between urban and rugged frontier life. The opening of the story introduces Vance Gilder, who is established as a cultured and ambitious individual with dreams of becoming a great journalist. He is presented with a letter from Louise Bonifield, whose father, Ben Bonifield, owns the Gray Rocks mine. In a charming encounter at his Manhattan apartment, Vance learns of his father’s legacy, which sparks curiosity about the mine's potential and his connection to the Bonfield family. As the story unfolds, the reader is invited into Vance’s world, where his aspirations clash with the realities of mining life and the complexities of relationships formed in the rugged West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Emerson, Willis George, 1856-1918

EBook No.: 52458

Published: Jun 30, 2016

Downloads: 74

Language: English

Subject: Miners -- Fiction

Subject: Gold mines and mining -- Fiction

Subject: Prospecting -- Fiction

Subject: Idaho -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: My "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West

Alternate Title: My "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Mines

Note: Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: Produced by David Widger from page images generously
provided by the Internet Archive

Summary: "My 'Pardner' and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West" by Willis George Emerson is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Vance Gilder, a young journalist from New York City, who discovers that he is the partial owner of a gold mine named Gray Rocks in Idaho, a property once owned by his late father. The narrative explores themes of ambition, the pursuit of wealth, and the contrasts between urban and rugged frontier life. The opening of the story introduces Vance Gilder, who is established as a cultured and ambitious individual with dreams of becoming a great journalist. He is presented with a letter from Louise Bonifield, whose father, Ben Bonifield, owns the Gray Rocks mine. In a charming encounter at his Manhattan apartment, Vance learns of his father’s legacy, which sparks curiosity about the mine's potential and his connection to the Bonfield family. As the story unfolds, the reader is invited into Vance’s world, where his aspirations clash with the realities of mining life and the complexities of relationships formed in the rugged West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Emerson, Willis George, 1856-1918

EBook No.: 52458

Published: Jun 30, 2016

Downloads: 74

Language: English

Subject: Miners -- Fiction

Subject: Gold mines and mining -- Fiction

Subject: Prospecting -- Fiction

Subject: Idaho -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.