Project Gutenberg 2009-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 228 Emerson, Alice B. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil; Or, The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Produced by David Edwards, D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil; Or, The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune" by Alice B. Emerson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the adventurous protagonist, Betty Gordon, who embarks on an exciting train journey to Flame City, Oklahoma, alongside her friend Bob Henderson. Their journey is filled with lively conversations, friendships, and hints of mystery regarding potential swindlers targeting unsuspecting farmowners in the oil-rich area. At the start of the novel, Betty is dining on a train and filled with anticipation about their destination in Flame City. As she and Bob engage in playful banter, Bob overhears two suspicious men discussing a scheme to cheat a vulnerable farmer out of her land in the oil region. This revelation sets the stage for their adventure, as Betty expresses a strong desire to thwart these potential con artists. While Betty is excited about exploring the land and even planting flower seeds along the way, Bob is concerned about their safety and is determined to protect Betty from any wrongdoing. This combination of youthful exuberance and budding detective work suggests that their journey will lead to both personal growth and thrilling encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Oklahoma -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 318543 2025-06-12T13:29:58.822699 text/html 333817 2009-11-14T11:44:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 363769 2025-06-12T13:30:08.695729 application/epub+zip 364796 2025-06-12T13:30:03.010694 application/epub+zip 187795 2025-06-12T13:30:01.419694 application/epub+zip 636514 2025-06-12T13:30:13.290632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598147 2025-06-12T13:30:07.611774 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403630 2022-09-14T06:27:20.744013 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275061 2023-09-13T10:23:09.593598 text/plain 15207 2025-06-12T13:30:13.443632 application/rdf+xml 23698 2025-06-12T13:30:02.028716 image/jpeg 4509 2025-06-12T13:30:01.722737 image/jpeg 325628 2025-06-12T13:29:58.864724 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