Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 212 De Forest, John William 1826 1906 Forest, John William de De Forest, J. W. (John William) Overland: A Novel E-text prepared by Curtis Weyant, Barbara Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Overland: A Novel" by John William De Forest is a historical fiction novel written during the late 19th century. The story unfolds in Santa Fé, New Mexico, a small and struggling town with a diverse cultural backdrop, focusing primarily on two women: Clara Muñoz Garcia Van Diemen, a strikingly beautiful orphan facing financial ruin, and her forthright Aunt Maria, who is determined to help her niece navigate through their meager resources and troubled family history. The opening portion of the novel introduces us to the stark setting of Santa Fé, contrasting Clara's vibrant beauty and Aunt Maria's strong-willed character against the town's desolation and decay. As the two women discuss Clara's financial problems and family connections that may lead to a potential resolution, we learn about Clara's late father and the invitation she receives from her estranged grandfather in California. This development sets the stage for the adventure to come, where their overland journey beckons with risks and potential fortune, interspersed with looming threats from the desert and the people they encounter along the way, including Lieutenant Thurstane, a young American officer who harbors feelings for Clara. The opening chapter deftly balances character development with foreshadowing of the perilous journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en New Mexico -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 757125 2025-06-05T09:41:26.641194 text/html 754955 2020-12-14T20:54:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 415650 2025-06-05T09:41:38.635026 application/epub+zip 430613 2025-06-05T09:41:30.053087 application/epub+zip 366850 2025-06-05T09:41:28.610088 application/epub+zip 716869 2025-06-05T09:41:45.660003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673868 2025-06-05T09:41:37.672047 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577411 2022-09-06T20:01:59.312696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 728706 2023-10-06T04:58:28.349005 text/plain 15802 2025-06-05T09:41:45.807968 application/rdf+xml 14358 2025-06-05T09:41:29.186065 image/jpeg 3594 2025-06-05T09:41:28.894050 image/jpeg 414225 2025-06-05T09:41:26.714088 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia