Project Gutenberg 2008-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 282 Raine, William MacLeod 1871 1954 Raine, William McLeod Rowe, Clarence 1878 1930 Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe, Clarence Herbert Brand Blotters Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Brand Blotters" by William MacLeod Raine is a Western novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in the rugged landscapes of the American Southwest, focusing on themes of survival and identity. The central figure introduced is a tenderfoot, identified as James Diller, who finds himself in dire circumstances while fleeing to the Sonora line, where he encounters lawlessness and deceit among cattlemen, as well as his own moral dilemmas. The opening portion of the novel begins with a vivid portrayal of the tenderfoot's plight in the unforgiving wilderness. Suffering from hunger and thirst, he witnesses a cattle stampede and comes across a dead man, whose identity he takes on to escape his troubled past. This sets off a chain of events involving Melissy Lee, a strong-willed young woman who becomes entwined with his fate. The narrative introduces a mix of danger and intrigue, hinting at conflicts over cattle rustling, as well as a complex relationship between the two main characters, immediately establishing a foundation for themes of deception, identity, and justice that are likely to unfold throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Western stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 515054 2025-06-11T09:51:49.242185 text/html 541155 2008-12-07T11:52:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 305066 2008-12-07T11:55:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 379482 2025-06-11T09:51:59.585149 application/epub+zip 388739 2025-06-11T09:51:51.650188 application/epub+zip 269112 2025-06-11T09:51:50.179170 application/epub+zip 593508 2025-06-11T09:52:05.403081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577702 2025-06-11T09:51:58.626143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422584 2022-09-12T14:38:12.253926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440999 2025-06-11T09:51:47.530180 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 440855 2008-12-07T11:52:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171211 2008-12-07T11:55:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 440881 2008-12-07T11:54:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171143 2008-12-07T11:55:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20672 2025-06-11T09:52:05.569079 application/rdf+xml 11219 2025-06-11T09:51:50.773163 image/jpeg 3225 2025-06-11T09:51:50.475173 image/jpeg 368247 2025-06-11T09:51:49.296158 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