Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 91 Beach, Rex 1877 1949 Beach, Rex Ellingwood Going Some Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Charles Aldarondo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Going Some" by Rex Beach is a romance novel written during the early 20th century. The structure of the narrative hints at a light-hearted, adventurous storyline, focusing on the lives and relationships of cowboys in the Southwestern United States. The opening chapters introduce a rivalry between two ranches, sparked by the loss of a prized phonograph in a footrace—a contest that now hangs over the heads of the cowboys at the Flying Heart Ranch like a cloud of shame, driving them into a state of melancholy. The central characters include the foreman "Still Bill" Stover and a host of colorful ranch hands, each representing different aspects of ranch culture and camaraderie. The opening of the book sets the scene of the Flying Heart Ranch, showcasing the cowboys as they mourn their loss while conveying their yearning for the past through humorous banter. The characters' responses to the situation establish a blend of pride, frustration, and humor that highlights their close-knit relationships. A subplot involving the arrival of college girls and their interest in the cowboys introduces possible romantic entanglements. As the characters commit to regaining their lost pride, the story builds momentum toward a footrace that promises both conflict and camaraderie, hinting at a blend of romance and adventure set against a backdrop of Western charm. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Humorous stories Love stories Running races -- Fiction PS Text Western Movie Books Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 335964 335837 2024-10-03T09:30:55.655525 2023-10-03T08:37:10.581642 text/html text/html 335957 335830 2024-10-03T09:30:55.948550 2023-10-03T08:37:10.775659 text/html text/html 195793 2024-10-03T09:31:04.860462 application/epub+zip 200442 2024-10-03T09:30:59.010514 application/epub+zip 190820 2024-10-03T09:30:57.656483 application/epub+zip 340214 2024-10-03T09:31:09.105459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310074 2024-10-03T09:31:03.841457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283694 2022-09-03T12:09:39.568387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283463 283387 2024-10-03T09:30:55.234528 2023-10-03T08:37:10.274631 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 283433 2016-07-26T06:30:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 112472 2016-07-26T06:30:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20363 2024-10-03T09:31:09.260443 application/rdf+xml 9897 2024-10-03T09:30:58.199497 image/jpeg 2680 2024-10-03T09:30:57.926562 image/jpeg 192393 2024-10-03T09:30:55.976509 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