Project Gutenberg 2024-05-31 Public domain in the USA. 163 Aiken, Ednah 1872 1960 Aiken, Ednah Robinson Riesenberg, Sidney H. 1885 1971 Riesenberg, S. H. Riesenberg, S.H. The river $aIndianapolis :$bThe Bobbs-Merrill Company, $c1914. Richard Hulse, 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.) "The River" by Ednah Aiken is a novel written in the early 20th century. This engaging story unfolds in the American Southwest and primarily follows the life of K. C. Rickard, an engineer who has recently relocated to Tucson. The narrative captivates readers with themes of ambition, loyalty, and the struggles associated with controlling nature, particularly through the problematic diversion of the Colorado River. At the start of the narrative, Rickard arrives at the office of Tod Marshall, a key figure in Arizona politics and business. Dressed sharply for the Tucson climate, Rickard is immediately perceived as an outsider by the other office employees. As he waits for Marshall, he reflects on his journey from a respectable engineering position to working in a politically charged environment, and he is soon drawn into the challenging task of managing the Colorado River, an undertaking fraught with difficulty and potential failure. The opening chapters introduce a cast of characters, including the enigmatic Marshall and the flawed but earnest Tom Hardin, setting the stage for a tale of redemption and the trials of navigating complex relationships in a fiercely competitive landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/theriver00aikerich 20200227152645aiken 1914 US Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Western stories California -- Fiction Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Fiction Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Fiction Irrigation -- California -- Fiction Water rights -- California -- Fiction Water-supply -- California -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 741096 2025-07-29T08:00:17.304464 text/html 715091 2024-05-31T07:25:17 text/html 884129 2025-07-29T08:00:28.207426 application/epub+zip 880139 2025-07-29T08:00:19.231478 application/epub+zip 470783 2025-07-29T08:00:18.208494 application/epub+zip 1465556 2025-07-29T08:00:35.023427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1165229 2025-07-29T08:00:27.196410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 679205 2025-07-29T08:00:15.428494 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 659300 2024-05-31T07:25:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18193 2025-07-29T08:00:35.193407 application/rdf+xml 10792 2025-07-29T08:00:18.438495 image/jpeg 1950 2025-07-29T08:00:18.327498 image/jpeg 1054490 2025-07-29T08:00:17.379499 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 en.wikipedia