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 Project Gutenberg 2006-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 110 Harte, Bret 1836 1902 Harte, Francis Bret The Crusade of the Excelsior Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger "The Crusade of the Excelsior" by Bret Harte is a novel written during the mid-19th century. It is set against the backdrop of a sea voyage from the East Coast of the United States to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush, exploring themes of adventure, social interaction, and personal discovery. The tale unfolds mainly aboard the barque Excelsior and features a diverse cast of characters, including the earnest yet dissatisfied passenger Banks, the philosophical Senor Perkins, and the spirited young lady Miss Keene, who is poised between different worlds as she embarks on her journey. At the start of the novel, readers find themselves on the Excelsior as it navigates the Pacific Ocean, setting the tone with vivid descriptions of the sea and the ship's struggles against the weather. The passengers are introduced in a series of dialogues that reveal their personalities and concerns, particularly the tensions surrounding the change in the ship's course away from Mazatlan, which frustrates Banks. The chapter captures the dynamics among the passengers, highlighting budding relationships, especially between Miss Keene and Brace, alongside the tension surrounding the mysterious consequences of their voyage, which hints at deeper conflicts and themes of identity and longing as they drift toward an uncertain fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Western stories California -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 514215 2025-07-01T13:02:49.183160 text/html 509729 2012-12-18T08:39:34 text/html; charset=us-ascii 179149 2012-12-18T08:41:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 255787 2025-07-01T13:02:55.989106 application/epub+zip 265094 2025-07-01T13:02:51.028144 application/epub+zip 265094 2025-07-01T13:02:49.889121 application/epub+zip 476870 2025-07-01T13:02:59.923098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449022 2025-07-01T13:02:55.279169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408047 2022-09-02T04:16:35.021426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446810 2025-07-01T13:02:48.502119 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 446627 2006-05-16T09:44:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172898 2006-05-16T09:44:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18868 2025-07-01T13:03:00.055108 application/rdf+xml 14982 2025-07-01T13:02:50.388145 image/jpeg 3805 2025-07-01T13:02:50.138180 image/jpeg 246150 2025-07-01T13:02:49.219162 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia