Project Gutenberg 2022-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 140 Knapp, Adeline 1860 1909 08023557 The well in the desert $aUnited States :$bThe Century Co.,$c1908. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Well in the Desert" by Adeline Knapp is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces the inhabitants of Blue Gulch, a mining town, and follows the tumultuous life of Gabriel Gard, who has escaped prison and struggles for survival in the unforgiving desert landscape. Themes of desperation, survival, and the human psyche against the backdrop of harsh surroundings are likely to play a significant role throughout the narrative. At the start of the book, the atmosphere is set in Blue Gulch, characterized by the sounds of laughter and music emanating from the local dance hall. We meet a man, seeking refuge in the shadows, who approaches a lawyer named Westcott for assistance. This man, revealed to be Barker, is frail and desperately seeks a way to return to Iowa in hopes of dying in familiar surroundings. The opening chapters are rich with tension as Barker pleads for help, hinting at a dark past involving crime and betrayal that connects him deeply to Westcott. The dynamics between these two characters imply a brewing conflict, foreshadowing the themes of loyalty, deception, and the struggle for redemption in a desolate setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/wellindesert00knaprich 20200730225115knapp 1908 US Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Western stories Love stories Arizona -- Fiction Deserts -- Fiction Southwest, New -- Fiction Sick -- Fiction Escaped prisoners -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 481884 2025-07-27T06:37:14.540717 text/html 485614 2022-06-10T13:58:13 text/html 482804 2025-07-27T06:37:22.789665 application/epub+zip 489346 2025-07-27T06:37:16.671706 application/epub+zip 367304 2025-07-27T06:37:15.417732 application/epub+zip 1254565 2025-07-27T06:37:27.209661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1223182 2025-07-27T06:37:21.851711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1101709 2022-09-30T18:18:53.059065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414267 2025-07-27T06:37:13.431737 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 405153 2022-06-10T14:20:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20076 2025-07-27T06:37:27.362657 application/rdf+xml 17613 2025-07-27T06:37:15.661772 image/jpeg 2778 2025-07-27T06:37:15.539699 image/jpeg 154429 2022-06-10T14:20:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 1580037 2022-06-10T13:58:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 1590367 2025-07-27T06:37:14.598724 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