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Title: Dust of the Desert
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Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed
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Summary: "Dust of the Desert" by Robert Welles Ritchie is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the harsh, untamed landscape of the desert, focusing on themes of adventure, romance, and the clash of cultures. The narrative introduces several characters, including the spirited Benicia O'Donoju, the impulsive Red One (El Rojo), and the determined engineer Grant Hickman, whose lives intertwine amidst the backdrop of the great American Southwest. The opening of the novel sets the tone with a historical prologue about the "Road of the Dead Men," hinting at themes of exploration and peril. It describes the return of the O'Donoju family to the Mission of the Four Evangelists for a ceremony, introducing Benicia, the daughter who longs for her home in the desert. As the family's strong-willed lineage is established, El Rojo’s unexpected arrival disrupts the peace, hinting at a troubled family history intertwined with tragedy and romance. Grant Hickman, on his journey to Arizona, accidentally intervenes in a dispute involving Benicia, setting off a chain of events that will connect all characters in an intricate story of love, betrayal, and survival against the backdrop of the unforgiving desert landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Ritchie, Robert Welles, 1879-1942
EBook No.: 44691
Published: Jan 17, 2014
Downloads: 197
Language: English
Subject: Western stories
Subject: Southwest, New -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Dust of the Desert
Credits:
Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Dust of the Desert" by Robert Welles Ritchie is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the harsh, untamed landscape of the desert, focusing on themes of adventure, romance, and the clash of cultures. The narrative introduces several characters, including the spirited Benicia O'Donoju, the impulsive Red One (El Rojo), and the determined engineer Grant Hickman, whose lives intertwine amidst the backdrop of the great American Southwest. The opening of the novel sets the tone with a historical prologue about the "Road of the Dead Men," hinting at themes of exploration and peril. It describes the return of the O'Donoju family to the Mission of the Four Evangelists for a ceremony, introducing Benicia, the daughter who longs for her home in the desert. As the family's strong-willed lineage is established, El Rojo’s unexpected arrival disrupts the peace, hinting at a troubled family history intertwined with tragedy and romance. Grant Hickman, on his journey to Arizona, accidentally intervenes in a dispute involving Benicia, setting off a chain of events that will connect all characters in an intricate story of love, betrayal, and survival against the backdrop of the unforgiving desert landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Ritchie, Robert Welles, 1879-1942
EBook No.: 44691
Published: Jan 17, 2014
Downloads: 197
Language: English
Subject: Western stories
Subject: Southwest, New -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.