Project Gutenberg 2010-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 162 Gates, Eleanor 1875 1951 06034690 The Plow-Woman Produced by Stephen Hope, Barbara Kosker, Michael and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Plow-Woman" by Eleanor Gates is a novel written in the early 20th century. This work chronicles the experiences of Dallas Lancaster, a determined young woman adapting to life on the Dakota prairie in the face of challenges that come with homesteading, family struggles, and the complexities of community life during a time of expansion in the American West. The story examines themes of resilience, responsibility, and the clash between the encroaching railroad and the lives of settlers. At the start of the narrative, we meet Dallas, who is diligently plowing their new land with her mules, Ben and Betty, as winter approaches. The opening chapter introduces her family, including her father Evan, a crippled former railroad worker, and her delicate younger sister, Marylyn. The family's hopes hinge on their claim's potential value because of the imminent arrival of the railroad, which Dallas worries will disrupt their hard-earned life. As Dallas handles her plowing and interacts with her surroundings, the narrative builds a sense of both the arduous labor required for homesteading and the subtle shifts in their circumstances, foreshadowing conflict that may arise from their precarious position in the frontier. The arrival of outsiders, including a storekeeper named John Lounsbury, hints at evolving relationships and possible tensions in this tightly-knit community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/31139/31139-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Dakota Territory -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 608972 2025-07-12T15:06:39.953751 text/html 610984 2010-01-31T09:56:48 text/html 349443 2025-07-12T15:06:49.218747 application/epub+zip 357203 2025-07-12T15:06:41.733791 application/epub+zip 323159 2025-07-12T15:06:40.748765 application/epub+zip 568322 2025-07-12T15:06:54.942732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491385 2025-07-12T15:06:48.119733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456935 2022-09-14T10:26:00.136265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 545989 2025-07-12T15:06:38.274835 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 545849 2010-01-31T09:56:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 545840 2010-01-31T09:56:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21501 2025-07-12T15:06:55.084678 application/rdf+xml 17009 2025-07-12T15:06:40.852779 image/jpeg 2600 2025-07-12T15:06:40.802758 image/jpeg 218476 2010-01-31T09:56:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 332310 2010-01-31T09:56:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 218438 2010-01-31T09:56:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 332231 2025-07-12T15:06:40.002794 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