Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 99 Bower, B. M. 1871 1940 Sinclair, B. M. (Bertha Muzzy) Sinclair, Bertha Muzzy Lonesome Land Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Text file produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Lonesome Land" by B. M. Bower is a novel written during the early 20th century that explores themes of love, rural life, and personal transformation in the American West. The story begins with Valeria Peyson, a spirited young woman arriving in a small Montana town to marry her fiancé, Manley Fleetwood, who has been living on a cattle ranch for the past three years. However, her idealized expectations of a romantic Western lifestyle quickly clash with the harsh realities she encounters upon her arrival. The opening of the novel introduces Valeria as she disembarks from the train, eager to meet Manley. Instead, she experiences immediate disappointment due to his absence and the unwelcoming atmosphere of the town, marked by dusty, unpainted buildings and the pervasive presence of saloons. As she waits in the hotel, her growing anxiety and worry about Manley intensify, leading to an unexpected encounter with a cowboy, who informs her of Manley’s drunken state. The narrative sets the tone for Valeria's journey as she navigates the complexities of her new life, grapples with her romantic ideals, and slowly begins to confront the stark realities of her new home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Western Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 503900 503901 2024-10-04T07:49:37.141992 2023-10-04T07:27:27.086080 text/html text/html 523615 2021-01-26T21:53:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 177360 2021-01-26T21:53:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 246398 2024-10-04T07:49:44.713934 application/epub+zip 253501 2024-10-04T07:49:39.217976 application/epub+zip 253502 2024-10-04T07:49:37.932950 application/epub+zip 423595 2024-10-04T07:49:49.092886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391429 2024-10-04T07:49:43.930949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360097 2022-09-04T10:54:10.989812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430709 430546 2024-10-04T07:49:36.247953 2023-10-04T07:27:26.206027 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 436375 2018-03-09T11:53:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 168720 2018-03-18T11:47:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 430483 2013-04-17T12:59:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168011 2013-04-17T13:00:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21696 2024-10-04T07:49:49.227886 application/rdf+xml 10165 2024-10-04T07:49:38.481932 image/jpeg 2865 2024-10-04T07:49:38.201009 image/jpeg 237430 2024-10-04T07:49:37.182975 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