Project Gutenberg 2011-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 207 Waterloo, Stanley 1846 1913 07020621 The Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains Produced by Suzanne Shell, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains" by Stanley Waterloo is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds with a transcontinental train trapped in a blizzard while traversing the Cleft Mountains, and follows the courageous efforts of John Stafford, a civil engineer, as he attempts to send a distress message for rescue. The narrative highlights themes of human resilience, adventure, and the unpredictability of nature. At the start of the novel, the tumultuous blizzard engulfs a train making its way through a treacherous mountain pass, leading to its eventual halt in a massive snowdrift. As the crew realizes their predicament, they learn that they lack a telegraph operator to send out an emergency call for help. The conductor’s desperate search uncovers Stafford, a skilled engineer, who volunteers to undertake the hazardous task of reaching the telegraph line. The opening portion vividly depicts the harsh elements and the escalating tension as Stafford faces the snow-filled wilderness, setting the stage for a gripping adventure about survival and the human spirit against the odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/37509/37509-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Love stories Storytelling -- Fiction Railroad travel -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 525726 2025-07-15T08:49:14.956726 text/html 522532 2011-09-22T16:23:36 text/html 817890 2025-07-15T08:49:21.753713 application/epub+zip 822071 2025-07-15T08:49:16.273759 application/epub+zip 265042 2025-07-15T08:49:15.687744 application/epub+zip 967631 2025-07-15T08:49:26.218689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 926152 2025-07-15T08:49:21.063694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371512 2022-09-17T08:01:20.396972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478213 2025-07-15T08:49:14.203719 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 478003 2011-09-22T16:23:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 478003 2011-09-22T16:23:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21633 2025-07-15T08:49:26.357685 application/rdf+xml 21499 2025-07-15T08:49:15.769715 image/jpeg 3104 2025-07-15T08:49:15.729708 image/jpeg 186266 2011-09-22T16:25:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 775595 2011-09-22T16:25:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 186228 2011-09-22T16:25:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 777282 2025-07-15T08:49:15.035780 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