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 Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 92 Craddock, Charles Egbert 1850 1922 Dembry, R. Emmett Murfree, Mary Noailles Down the Ravine Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Les Bowler "Down the Ravine" by Charles Egbert Craddock is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story follows Birt Dicey, a young mountaineer living in the rugged Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee, whose ambitions and dreams are stirred when he discovers a possible gold mine on lands that a friend, Nate Griggs, has just entered. Birt grapples with his family’s poverty and yearns for independence and a brighter future. The opening of the book introduces a picturesque yet challenging landscape, setting the stage for the character-driven tale. It begins with Birt and his friends hunting a red fox, leading to an exploration of Birt's hopes and dreams as he contemplates buying a horse to improve his family's farming efforts. His ambitions take a turn when he discovers a glimmer of what could be gold, but tension arises from the dynamics with Nate Griggs, who has returned unexpectedly with intentions of claiming the land Birt staked his dreams on. The opening chapters effectively establish the rural setting, Birt's desires, and the complications introduced by his friendships and the allure of adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mountain life -- Fiction Cumberland Mountains -- Fiction Tennessee -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 313436 226397 2024-10-28T18:00:11.237518 2023-10-03T05:07:45.996534 text/html text/html 219973 2024-10-28T16:50:15 text/html 168374 2024-10-28T18:00:32.885402 application/epub+zip 174661 2024-10-28T18:00:22.537426 application/epub+zip 160491 2024-10-28T18:00:16.007450 application/epub+zip 345747 2024-10-28T18:00:40.663358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301309 2024-10-28T18:00:32.062461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149643 2022-09-03T06:48:41.374708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207555 207643 2024-10-28T18:00:09.730515 2023-10-03T05:07:44.452462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 187854 2024-10-28T16:50:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17791 2024-10-28T18:00:40.805342 application/rdf+xml 14337 2024-10-28T18:00:21.826449 image/jpeg 3460 2024-10-28T18:00:21.531453 image/jpeg 166759 2024-10-28T18:00:11.259471 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia