Project Gutenberg 2013-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 177 McReynolds, Robert 1854 1928 Thirty Years on the Frontier Produced by Fred Salzer, Greg Bergquist 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.) "Thirty Years on the Frontier" by Robert McReynolds is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the author's personal experiences and significant events that occurred during his thirty years as a cowboy, miner, and pioneer in the American West. Through engaging anecdotes and vivid storytelling, it portrays the challenges and adventures faced by those living on the frontier, offering insight into the lives of early settlers, dangerous encounters with Native Americans, and the quest for fortune in a rapidly changing landscape. At the start of this narrative, the author reflects on his youth and a formative incident involving an explosive shell that led to his journey westward. He recounts his childhood on a grandfather's plantation in Kentucky, the mischief that ensued with friends, and the resulting consequences that led him to learn the printing trade. After amassing life lessons about responsibility and bravery, he embarks on his quest for adventure, setting the stage for his subsequent travels to the frontier and his participation in the remarkable events that shaped that era. Through this introductory portion, readers get a glimpse of the author's character and the beginnings of a life filled with adventure that awaits him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44032/44032-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) F590.3 Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: History - American 339682 2025-09-17T16:01:54.605726 text/html 317024 2024-10-23T19:18:08 text/html 712909 2025-09-17T16:01:59.980714 application/epub+zip 711664 2025-09-17T16:01:55.526756 application/epub+zip 222358 2025-09-17T16:01:55.054733 application/epub+zip 789901 2025-09-17T16:02:03.347683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 746096 2025-09-17T16:01:59.480675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259460 2022-09-20T06:13:42.874495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292819 2025-09-17T16:01:54.041740 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 272839 2024-10-23T19:18:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16381 2025-09-17T16:02:03.483678 application/rdf+xml 14242 2025-09-17T16:01:55.142715 image/jpeg 2075 2025-09-17T16:01:55.099716 image/jpeg 726562 2025-09-17T16:01:54.664736 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