Project Gutenberg 2013-06-08 Public domain in the USA. 120 Reed, Myrtle 1874 1911 Green, Olive 03020451 The Shadow of Victory: A Romance of Fort Dearborn E-text prepared by sp1nd, Richard J. Shiffer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "The Shadow of Victory: A Romance of Fort Dearborn" by Myrtle Reed is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of Fort Dearborn, the story revolves around characters navigating the intricacies of life on the American frontier, dealing with themes of love, teaching, and survival. The narrative likely features Robert Forsyth, a recently graduated teacher, as he settles in with his relatives and encounters the local residents, including soldiers and indigenous peoples. The opening of the novel introduces a rustic trading post, where Robert Forsyth arrives to help his uncle, John Mackenzie, and his family while also taking on the role of a teacher for his young cousins. The scene is marked by conversations between Robert, his uncle, and an Ensign named George Ronald, hinting at the dynamic and sometimes humorous relationships that will unfold. As Robert begins to integrate into his new life, we also encounter the mysterious figure of Mad Margaret, whose prophecies foreshadow turbulent events ahead, thus establishing an atmosphere that blends romance, tension, and the challenges of frontier life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42894/42894-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812 -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance Category: American Literature 557040 2025-07-17T09:52:21.198384 text/html 549351 2024-10-23T16:16:17 text/html 1248319 2025-07-17T09:52:30.259417 application/epub+zip 1254477 2025-07-17T09:52:23.054414 application/epub+zip 236496 2025-07-17T09:52:22.148383 application/epub+zip 1414888 2025-07-17T09:52:35.434301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1353637 2025-07-17T09:52:29.228343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342095 2022-09-19T15:06:32.536262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490975 2023-09-18T14:02:41.618481 text/plain 470995 2024-10-23T16:16:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16871 2025-07-17T09:52:35.573315 application/rdf+xml 9845 2025-07-17T09:52:22.244374 image/jpeg 1958 2025-07-17T09:52:22.197385 image/jpeg 1421567 2025-07-17T09:52:21.350353 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