Project Gutenberg 2024-03-04 Public domain in the USA. 118 Tuttle, W. C. (Wilbur C.) 1883 1969 Tuttle, Wilbur C. Tuttle, Wilbur Coleman The taking of Cloudy McGee $aGarden City :$bDoubleday, Page & Co, $c1926. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "The Taking of Cloudy McGee" by W. C. Tuttle is a humorous crime fiction novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the fictional town of Lost Hills, where the themes of greed, desperation, and mistaken identities come into play. The narrative revolves around the wily antics of Ferdinand P. Putney, the town's lawyer, and Amos K. Weed, the anxious cashier of the local bank, as they concoct a plan to embezzle money by involving the notorious criminal Cloudy McGee. The plot centers on a dire financial predicament faced by Amos after investing bank funds into a failed oil venture. With the bank examiner soon to arrive, he and Putney turn to Cloudy McGee, a known bank robber and gambler, to stage a fake robbery. However, in a twist of fate, a bumbling U.S. marshal, mistaking another man for McGee, arrives on the scene, leading to a chaotic culmination. This leads to both hilarity and confusion as the story unfurls with characters who are defined by their desperation, absurdity, and miscommunication. Tuttle crafts an engaging tale filled with witty dialogue and unexpected developments, making it an entertaining read. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/short-stories-v-114-n-03-1926-02-10 20230727004319tuttle 1926 NY Reading ease score: 85.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Western stories Embezzlement -- Fiction Bank robbers -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Humour Category: Novels 66306 2025-06-29T04:48:29.282654 text/html 41788 2024-03-04T09:30:01 text/html 514049 2025-06-29T04:48:32.066641 application/epub+zip 512833 2025-06-29T04:48:30.287656 application/epub+zip 150728 2025-06-29T04:48:29.668657 application/epub+zip 988518 2025-06-29T04:48:33.390653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 981981 2025-06-29T04:48:31.634643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 58142 2025-06-29T04:48:29.127660 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38389 2024-03-04T10:20:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16347 2025-06-29T04:48:33.517630 application/rdf+xml 25485 2025-06-29T04:48:29.928646 image/jpeg 4048 2025-06-29T04:48:29.796669 image/jpeg 830459 2025-06-29T04:48:29.298663 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