Project Gutenberg 2006-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 236 White, Grace Miller 1869 1957 Miller, Mary Esther From the Valley of the Missing Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "From the Valley of the Missing" by Grace Miller White is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story opens with a bleak and oppressive atmosphere, introducing readers to characters mired in hardship and desperation. The main characters include Scraggy Peterson, a frail young mother caught in a toxic relationship with the brutal Lem Crabbe, and her child, whose fate hangs precariously amidst his parent's turmoil. The opening of the book sets a grim tone, as it depicts a late October day on a scow moving along a river. Scraggy's life is defined by fear and subjugation under the violent Lem, while her love for her child burns fiercely, offering her any semblance of hope. As tensions escalate, Lem makes it clear that he wishes to rid himself of both Scraggy and the child, hinting at violent repercussions. The situation culminates in an urgent moment where Scraggy pleads with an unknown woman onboard a passing yacht to save her child from a fate she cannot bear to endure. This emotionally charged beginning lays the groundwork for a story steeped in themes of survival, maternal love, and the undercurrents of criminality, as the lives of these characters intertwine with desires for escape and the painful legacies of their past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Social classes -- Fiction New York (State) -- Fiction Kidnapping -- Fiction PS Text Movie Books Category: Novels Category: American Literature 611528 2025-08-07T14:13:43.279204 text/html 621607 2006-04-01T08:14:34 text/html 1642387 2025-08-07T14:13:55.594131 application/epub+zip 1650077 2025-08-07T14:13:47.025126 application/epub+zip 303627 2025-08-07T14:13:45.330163 application/epub+zip 1897291 2025-08-07T14:14:01.199060 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1856079 2025-08-07T14:13:53.927131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497921 2022-09-08T14:37:52.712851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557483 2025-08-07T14:13:41.091199 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 557439 2006-04-01T08:14:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 557429 2006-04-01T08:14:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20846 2025-08-07T14:14:01.341070 application/rdf+xml 13225 2025-08-07T14:13:45.857124 image/jpeg 3222 2025-08-07T14:13:45.589163 image/jpeg 210092 2006-04-01T08:14:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 1653492 2006-04-01T08:14:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 210058 2006-04-01T08:14:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 1888823 2025-08-07T14:13:43.384201 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