Project Gutenberg 2007-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 118 Gaylord, Glance 1847 1868 Bradley, Warren Ives Ives, William Bradley, Ives Warren 41026708 Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught Produced by Barbara Tozier, David T. Jones, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Culm Rock" by Glance Gaylord is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Richard Trafford, a sorrowful man who hides himself away in an isolated place called Culm Rock following the death of his wife. The narrative explores themes of grief, loneliness, and the slowly budding relationship between Richard and his teenage nephew, Noll Trafford, whose arrival disrupts Richard's self-imposed isolation. The opening of the novel sets a poignant tone, describing the desolate and wild landscape of Culm Rock, where a small fishing community exists. Richard, who has lived in a grand but lonely stone house for three years, seems to obscure himself from the world, living through the painful memories of his late wife. The arrival of Noll, sent by Richard’s deceased brother, brings an unexpected change to Richard's life. As Richard grapples with his grief and a semblance of hope for companionship, Noll seeks to understand his uncle and create a bond, despite Richard's cold demeanor. The stage is set for a journey of emotional healing, as Noll navigates life on Culm Rock and Richard faces the possibility of reconnecting with the world through the love of his nephew. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Uncles -- Juvenile fiction Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction African Americans -- Juvenile fiction Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction Despair -- Juvenile fiction Widowers -- Juvenile fiction Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels 372603 2025-08-08T13:49:04.319223 text/html 368084 2007-02-06T05:46:12 text/html 713662 2025-08-08T13:49:11.260682 application/epub+zip 721192 2025-08-08T13:49:06.272720 application/epub+zip 211658 2025-08-08T13:49:05.074233 application/epub+zip 871140 2025-08-08T13:49:14.989636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 839470 2025-08-08T13:49:10.488683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326480 2022-09-09T15:10:48.803960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338862 2025-08-08T13:49:03.497221 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 338822 2007-02-06T05:46:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20072 2025-08-08T13:49:15.123627 application/rdf+xml 10300 2025-08-08T13:49:05.578171 image/jpeg 2879 2025-08-08T13:49:05.324174 image/jpeg 642495 2007-02-06T05:46:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 127901 2007-02-06T05:46:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 768621 2025-08-08T13:49:04.405182 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