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 2008-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 189 McCarter, Margaret Hill 1860 1938 Marchand, J. N. Marchand, J.N. 14016470 Winning the Wilderness Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Winning the Wilderness" by Margaret Hill McCarter is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores the challenges and triumphs of frontier life, focusing on themes of perseverance, familial struggles, and the quest for personal autonomy in a burgeoning America. The narrative revolves around Asher Aydelot, a young man caught between his past life in Ohio and his aspirations for a future in the wild territories of the West. At the start of the book, Asher Aydelot returns to his family home after serving in the Civil War and finds himself in conflict with his father's expectations for his future. His father, Francis, desires for Asher to take over the family farm and settle down in Cloverdale, but Asher's heart longs for the wide-open spaces of the West, where he envisions building a new life alongside his love, Virginia Thaine. As they navigate familial duties, ambitions, and their own desires, the couple faces the daunting realities of pioneering life, including isolation and the struggle against a fierce wilderness. The opening chapters depict their evolving relationship against a backdrop of historical events, setting the stage for a compelling journey of transformation and growth in a harsh yet beautiful landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 742780 2025-08-11T09:26:31.973666 text/html 774554 2008-12-12T10:28:32 text/html 4492584 2025-08-11T09:26:46.877618 application/epub+zip 4502342 2025-08-11T09:26:36.720635 application/epub+zip 354223 2025-08-11T09:26:34.322637 application/epub+zip 3715223 2025-08-11T09:26:53.818655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3704883 2025-08-11T09:26:44.878649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 608163 2022-09-12T15:03:53.465108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 655354 2025-08-11T09:26:30.237678 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 655185 2008-12-12T10:28:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18807 2025-08-11T09:26:53.973559 application/rdf+xml 13815 2025-08-11T09:26:34.867641 image/jpeg 3429 2025-08-11T09:26:34.604666 image/jpeg 4923223 2008-12-12T10:28:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 250933 2008-12-12T10:28:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 5012319 2025-08-11T09:26:32.081677 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia