Project Gutenberg 2009-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 245 Cullum, Ridgwell 1867 1943 Burghard, Sidney Groves The Twins of Suffering Creek Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Twins of Suffering Creek" by Ridgwell Cullum is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Scipio, a gentle and naive man struggling to provide for his wife, Jessie, and their twin children amidst the harsh realities of life in a rough mining camp in Montana. The narrative explores themes of love, desperation, and betrayal as Scipio's devotion and naïveté create tension within his marriage, setting the stage for the unfolding drama. At the start of the book, we meet Scipio, who is trying to assist his indifferent wife, Jessie, while also dealing with the harshness of their daily lives. Jessie is consumed with discontent and longing for their former life of comfort, which contrasts with Scipio’s hopeful dreams of striking gold to improve their situation. As the story progresses, an intriguing character, a man named Lord James, enters their lives and stirs up conflict, leading to Jessie's eventual decision to leave Scipio for him, thus plunging Scipio into despair. The opening chapters set in a small mining camp depict the struggles of their family dynamic, revealing deep emotional layers that foreshadow a dramatic conflict driven by love, desire, and the quest for a better life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Gold mines and mining -- Fiction PR Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 697588 2025-08-12T08:37:16.449170 text/html 736508 2021-01-05T10:41:20 text/html 458669 2025-08-12T08:37:27.042135 application/epub+zip 470404 2025-08-12T08:37:19.873181 application/epub+zip 334001 2025-08-12T08:37:18.509105 application/epub+zip 744713 2025-08-12T08:37:32.683069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 709832 2025-08-12T08:37:26.033143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559071 2022-09-13T16:22:43.381796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 641097 2025-08-12T08:37:14.948183 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 640883 2021-01-05T10:41:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 640875 2021-01-05T10:41:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20296 2025-08-12T08:37:32.840061 application/rdf+xml 14448 2025-08-12T08:37:19.022132 image/jpeg 3529 2025-08-12T08:37:18.769101 image/jpeg 246493 2021-01-05T10:41:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 371465 2021-01-05T10:41:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 246448 2021-01-05T10:41:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 445516 2025-08-12T08:37:16.511194 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