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 2012-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 273 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Shute, A. B. (Augustus Burnham) 1851 1906 Shute, A. Burnham Shute, Augustus Burnham 12037398 In the Saddle Produced by David Garcia, Sue Fleming and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "In the Saddle" by Oliver Optic is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. This work is part of "The Blue and Gray - On Land" series and presents a narrative centered around the Lyon family, who find themselves embroiled in the Civil War. Main characters include Deck Lyon, a young cavalryman, and his cousins, who represent contrasting loyalties during the turbulent times of the Rebellion. The opening of the novel introduces a tense situation involving a small farmer, Swinburne Pickford, who is being assaulted by Sandy and Orly Lyon over an unpaid debt. Deck Lyon, upon hearing Pickford's cries for help, intervenes just in time to prevent further violence. The dynamic between the Lyon brothers highlights the rising tensions of loyalty and betrayal, representative of the larger conflict in the South. As the chapter progresses, the reader is drawn into the personal and political struggles shaping the characters’ lives against the backdrop of the Civil War. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: American Literature 551833 2025-08-16T11:32:49.502446 text/html 537327 2024-10-23T10:04:18 text/html 963793 2025-08-16T11:32:58.542391 application/epub+zip 967753 2025-08-16T11:32:51.812439 application/epub+zip 273275 2025-08-16T11:32:50.404474 application/epub+zip 1173141 2025-08-16T11:33:03.592385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1117294 2025-08-16T11:32:57.474437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398965 2022-09-18T13:37:38.476600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498233 2025-08-16T11:32:48.301487 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 478375 2024-10-23T10:04:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16920 2025-08-16T11:33:03.752353 application/rdf+xml 10345 2025-08-16T11:32:50.939419 image/jpeg 2911 2025-08-16T11:32:50.674439 image/jpeg 871143 2025-08-16T11:32:49.562428 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia More titles under Ashton, Warren T.