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 2009-09-29 Public domain in the USA. 259 McReynolds, Robert 1854 1928 07018596 Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew" by Robert McReynolds is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The book opens with the characters John Buchan and Will Carson, who are mine operatives awaiting a promising assay report from old man Amos while facing the stark realities of life in the Colorado wilderness. The narrative sets a tense backdrop of anticipation and hardship as it explores themes of hope, betrayal, and survival against nature’s overwhelming forces. The beginning of the story introduces the main characters as they labor in their cabin near the Sangre de Cristo mountains. Their prospects are brightened by the promise of rich ore from their mine, the "Aberdeen," but the joy is short-lived when Buchan returns from Saguache with troubling news about a fraudulent assay by Amos, raising doubts about their future. Compounding their troubles, an avalanche soon strikes, burying their cabin and leaving Buchan and Carson in a precarious situation beneath a cliff, evoking a sense of impending doom that hangs like the "sword of Damocles" above them. The rich character backstories unfold alongside the challenges of their isolation and aspirations, hinting at deeper themes of human resilience and the constant fight against despair. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Adventure stories PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 296817 2025-10-12T10:39:10.301202 text/html 278674 2024-10-24T20:24:08 text/html 583821 2025-10-12T10:39:18.212167 application/epub+zip 588425 2025-10-12T10:39:13.615147 application/epub+zip 182351 2025-10-12T10:39:12.345189 application/epub+zip 766877 2025-10-12T10:39:21.828121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 749213 2025-10-12T10:39:17.302209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322419 2022-09-14T04:38:47.009745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253966 2025-10-12T10:39:09.726160 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 234091 2024-10-24T20:24:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16168 2025-10-12T10:39:21.960147 application/rdf+xml 14271 2025-10-12T10:39:12.857226 image/jpeg 3357 2025-10-12T10:39:12.601159 image/jpeg 574218 2025-10-12T10:39:10.358283 application/octet-stream application/zip