Project Gutenberg 2003-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 413 Beach, Rex 1877 1949 Beach, Rex Ellingwood The Barrier Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Barrier" by Rex Beach is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story is set in a rugged frontier community and revolves around the trader Old Man Gale and his daughter, Necia, highlighting the complexities of life in this remote location where law and order hang in the balance. Central to the narrative are Gale’s worries about encroaching civilization and the unexpected arrival of military presence, as well as Necia's interactions with various characters, including the French-Canadian Poleon Doret and the newly arrived Lieutenant Burrell. The opening of the novel introduces the setting of Flambeau, a trading post in the North, and establishes the character dynamics primarily between Old Man Gale, who is protective of his daughter, and Necia, who craves adventure and connection with the outside world. Gale's reflections on the isolation of their community and the looming change brought by the presence of soldiers create a tension that underlies the narrative. Through Necia's lighthearted conversations and her relationship with Poleon, the reader gets a glimpse of a young woman's yearning for a broader life amidst the threats and complexities of frontier existence. The arrival of new characters signals potential conflicts and a shift in the established order, setting the stage for the unfolding drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Western stories Adventure stories Yukon -- Fiction PS Text Western Movie Books Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Category: Adventure Category: Novels 548726 2025-08-02T10:07:09.433211 text/html 541089 2020-12-27T17:43:37 text/html 268303 2025-08-02T10:07:17.393185 application/epub+zip 277258 2025-08-02T10:07:11.271192 application/epub+zip 277258 2025-08-02T10:07:10.124183 application/epub+zip 455543 2025-08-02T10:07:21.885181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441056 2025-08-02T10:07:16.660214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413516 2022-09-02T13:01:47.067850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507839 2025-08-02T10:07:07.998194 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 507746 2020-12-27T17:43:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 507737 2020-12-27T17:43:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21340 2025-08-02T10:07:22.026132 application/rdf+xml 9680 2025-08-02T10:07:10.630208 image/jpeg 2776 2025-08-02T10:07:10.376161 image/jpeg 200466 2020-12-27T17:43:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 204850 2020-12-27T17:43:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 200407 2020-12-27T17:43:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 260285 2025-08-02T10:07:09.477216 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