Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 124 Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard) 1880 1957 Kyne, Peter Bernard The Long Chance Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Text file produced by Anne Soulard, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Long Chance" by Peter B. Kyne is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of the rugged Colorado desert, exploring themes of adventure, human ambition, and survival. The central characters introduced in the opening chapters include a rugged prospector known as the Desert Rat, a finicky Easterner from Boston, and a Cahuilla Indian, all of whom are on a quest for fortune through mining. At the start of the novel, the sun rises over the Colorado desert, where the distinct personalities of the three men are revealed during their journey towards a mining prospect. The exchange between them showcases the contrast between the carefree, adventurous spirit of the Desert Rat and the anxiety of the Easterner, who is ill-prepared for the harsh realities of desert life. Their dialogue reflects the tension arising from their differing backgrounds, while the appearance of a sandstorm adds a layer of urgency to their expedition. As fate would have it, this expedition leads to the discovery of a potentially lucrative mining claim, setting the stage for conflict over rights and ownership that hints at the themes of greed and betrayal that will unfold in the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 682833 682834 2024-10-03T07:58:17.239937 2023-10-03T07:30:42.995211 text/html text/html 704938 2021-01-28T09:43:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 239139 2021-01-28T09:43:31 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 308365 2024-10-03T07:58:26.208870 application/epub+zip 319497 2024-10-03T07:58:19.444901 application/epub+zip 319497 2024-10-03T07:58:18.110950 application/epub+zip 541390 2024-10-03T07:58:31.549831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506330 2024-10-03T07:58:25.353878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482698 2022-09-03T10:26:05.959568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587793 587633 2024-10-03T07:58:15.811936 2023-10-03T07:30:41.885207 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 594206 2018-03-12T12:47:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 227924 2018-03-17T10:53:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 587576 2013-06-24T13:44:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227065 2013-06-24T13:45:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21435 2024-10-03T07:58:31.679827 application/rdf+xml 12221 2024-10-03T07:58:18.674894 image/jpeg 3245 2024-10-03T07:58:18.388894 image/jpeg 298908 2024-10-03T07:58:17.293944 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