Project Gutenberg 2011-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 318 Seltzer, Charles Alden 1875 1942 Ivory, P. V. E. 1883 1960 Ivory, Percy Van Eman Ivory, P.V.E. Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy van Eman) Ivory, P. Van E. 19015321 The Ranchman Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ranchman" by Charles Alden Seltzer is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Quinton Taylor, a rugged character navigating his return to his hometown of Dawes, amid various dramatic situations. The narrative sets a landscape of a young town brimming with ambition and conflict, hinting at larger themes of loyalty, deception, and resilience in the face of adversity. At the start of the novel, the scene unfolds aboard a hot Pullman train crossing the desert landscape toward Dawes. Taylor struggles with discomfort in ill-fitting clothes, hinting at his background as a cowboy, while he observes fellow passengers, including a girl named Marion Harlan and two men, Carrington and Parsons, who appear to have ulterior motives regarding the town. Taylor's instincts kick in when he overhears their intentions to "own Dawes," stirring feelings of protectiveness for his hometown. As the train approaches its destination, tensions rise with the introduction of a train robbery, where Taylor reveals his true nature by intervening heroically, solidifying his role in a story interwoven with personal stakes and emerging conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction Western stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 511626 2025-06-15T07:27:05.403141 text/html 507751 2011-08-25T10:21:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 282348 2011-09-20T14:35:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 362610 2025-06-15T07:27:14.991096 application/epub+zip 366464 2025-06-15T07:27:07.955091 application/epub+zip 259977 2025-06-15T07:27:06.415111 application/epub+zip 563265 2025-06-15T07:27:20.260029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 515547 2025-06-15T07:27:13.855113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374967 2022-09-17T05:40:54.928678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451629 2025-06-15T07:27:04.118141 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 451560 2011-08-25T10:21:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 165063 2011-09-20T14:35:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 440922 2011-09-20T14:34:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 163806 2011-09-20T14:35:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 442963 2011-09-19T12:42:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164051 2011-09-20T14:35:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22888 2025-06-15T07:27:20.413029 application/rdf+xml 12019 2025-06-15T07:27:07.004096 image/jpeg 3105 2025-06-15T07:27:06.707105 image/jpeg 350423 2025-06-15T07:27:05.453123 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