Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 104 Norris, Frank 1870 1902 Norris, Benjamin Franklin A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Illustrated by Remington, Leyendecker, Hitchcock and Hooper. A Deal in Wheat -- The Wife of Chino -- A Bargain with Peg-Leg -- The Passing of Cock-Eye Blacklock -- A Memorandum of Sudden Death -- Two Hearts That Beat as One -- The Dual Personality of Slick Dick Nickerson -- The Ship That Saw a Ghost -- The Ghost in the Crosstrees -- The Riding of Felipe. Produced by Eric Eldred, Elaine Nash and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West" by Frank Norris is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. This anthology explores the struggles and triumphs of characters in the American West, depicting both the old and new conflicts that arise in a rapidly changing landscape, particularly revolving around themes of agriculture, commerce, and human resilience. The stories delve into the lives of farmers and traders, such as Sam Lewiston, who face the harsh realities of market fluctuations and the manipulations of ruthless economic players. At the start of the narrative, the opening portion introduces us to Sam Lewiston and his wife, Emma, who are grappling with the devastating drop in wheat prices that threatens their livelihood on their Kansas ranch. As Lewiston prepares to head into town to sell their wheat, the couple reflects on their difficult situation and their possible future. After discovering that the wheat market is controlled by powerful players like Truslow, a bear broker, Lewiston realizes their financial ruin is imminent. The opening serves to establish the dire circumstances of the rural American farmer at the turn of the century and hints at the broader societal implications of such economic struggles, setting the stage for the interconnected tales to follow in this collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories PS Text Western Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 331129 331014 2024-10-04T12:28:30.915970 2023-10-05T04:21:26.049024 text/html text/html 331122 331007 2024-10-04T12:28:31.281968 2023-10-05T04:21:26.228016 text/html text/html 221640 2024-10-04T12:28:41.017932 application/epub+zip 224954 2024-10-04T12:28:35.782936 application/epub+zip 188945 2024-10-04T12:28:33.956966 application/epub+zip 454579 2024-10-04T12:28:44.702897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430912 2024-10-04T12:28:39.902939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375684 2022-09-05T05:59:10.384768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298194 298130 2024-10-04T12:28:30.457999 2023-10-05T04:21:25.784036 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 297952 2020-12-27T02:17:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119914 2020-12-27T02:17:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 297959 2020-12-27T02:17:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119875 2020-12-27T02:17:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21698 2024-10-04T12:28:45.231892 application/rdf+xml 20343 2024-10-04T12:28:34.843933 image/jpeg 4369 2024-10-04T12:28:34.438946 image/jpeg 219538 2024-10-04T12:28:31.309984 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