Project Gutenberg 2023-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 104 Kelland, Clarence Budington 1881 1964 Kelland, Clarence B. Contraband $aNew York :$bHarper & Brothers, $c1923. Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Contraband" by Clarence Budington Kelland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in a small town and follows the life of Carmel Lee, who unexpectedly inherits the struggling "Gibeon Free Press" after the death of her uncle. Faced with the challenge of running the newspaper, Carmel must navigate her relationships with the quirky staff, including Tubal and Simmy, while contending with the local power dynamics that threaten her new endeavor. The novel blends humor with a sense of social commentary as Carmel strives to establish herself as a capable editor. The opening of the story introduces us to Carmel's arrival in Gibeon, where she discovers the dire state of her inheritance, a nearly defunct newspaper. In conversations with her staff, particularly with the cynical Tubal and the ambitious Simmy, Carmel learns the challenges that await her, including the lurking influence of Abner Fownes, the town's powerful man. The narrative sets a witty tone as Carmel recognizes the hurdles ahead, including the impending arrival of a new young female editor and the mysterious disappearance of the sheriff. Despite the evident struggles, Carmel remains determined to revitalize the publication while uncovering the enigmatic circumstances surrounding the town's politics and its inhabitants. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/contraband00kell/page/n7 20190429023745kelland 1923 US Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Smuggling -- Fiction Women journalists -- Fiction Disappeared persons -- Fiction PS Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 481740 2025-06-28T12:05:45.431037 text/html 456859 2023-11-08T04:41:34 text/html 668422 2025-06-28T12:05:53.299008 application/epub+zip 665558 2025-06-28T12:05:47.127946 application/epub+zip 391514 2025-06-28T12:05:46.123013 application/epub+zip 1320865 2025-06-28T12:05:57.692884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1044217 2025-06-28T12:05:52.549951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436574 2025-06-28T12:05:44.258010 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 416705 2023-11-08T04:41:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16669 2025-06-28T12:05:57.845881 application/rdf+xml 14452 2025-06-28T12:05:46.405933 image/jpeg 2144 2025-06-28T12:05:46.301988 image/jpeg 1008199 2025-06-28T12:05:45.483972 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