Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 80 Curwood, James Oliver 1878 1927 Curwood, James-Oliver Schoonover, Frank E. 1877 1972 Schoonover, Frank Earle The Courage of Captain Plum Produced by Suzanne Shell, Kara Passmore, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Courage of Captain Plum" by James Oliver Curwood is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Captain Nathaniel Plum, a young and somewhat reckless sailor, as he embarks on an adventure that pits him against the Mormon community on Beaver Island, led by the formidable leader James Strang. The narrative explores themes of courage, loyalty, and moral dilemmas as Plum gets entangled in a web of intrigue involving gold, weapons, and the mysterious lives of the island's inhabitants. At the start of the novel, we meet Captain Plum as he lounges on the shores of Lake Michigan, contemplating a letter that troubles him. His solitary moment is interrupted when he is approached by an enigmatic old man, Obadiah Price, who seems to know much about Plum’s intentions and the cargo he possesses aboard his sloop. From there, a series of events unfolds that leads Plum into the heart of the Mormon stronghold, revealing a complex world filled with danger, unexpected alliances, and the allure of an intriguing woman marked by the scent of lilacs. The opening introduces a mix of humor, suspense, and vivid characterization, setting the stage for Plum's challenging journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Western stories PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 333322 2025-07-05T14:30:04.752740 text/html 309886 2024-10-28T19:27:29 text/html 324073 2025-07-05T14:30:11.473742 application/epub+zip 329116 2025-07-05T14:30:07.468794 application/epub+zip 186220 2025-07-05T14:30:06.350776 application/epub+zip 471959 2025-07-05T14:30:14.558741 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453567 2025-07-05T14:30:10.809700 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296728 2022-09-06T20:25:47.127167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314204 2023-10-06T05:15:09.751919 text/plain 294392 2024-10-28T19:27:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16352 2025-07-05T14:30:14.686762 application/rdf+xml 11059 2025-07-05T14:30:06.861734 image/jpeg 2955 2025-07-05T14:30:06.600735 image/jpeg 319685 2025-07-05T14:30:04.788827 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 en.wikipedia