Project Gutenberg 2024-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 132 Pierce, Frank Richardson 1881 1966 Ranger, Seth Pyles, V. E. (Virgil Evans) 1891 1965 Pyles, Virgil Evans The ice goes out $aNew York :$bThe Butterick Publishing Company, $c1928. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "The Ice Goes Out" by Frank Richardson Pierce is a short story published in the late 1920s. It is set in the northern territory of Alaska and revolves around the annual event known as the ice pool, which celebrates the dramatic melting of winter ice and marks the beginning of spring in the region. The narrative explores themes of hope, luck, and the tension between honest men and crooks, capturing the spirit of a community drawn together by their shared anticipation of the ice's break-up. The story follows Mack Leach, a determined prospector who believes this year is his chance to win the ice pool by cleverly planning a robbery of Con Welch's store. However, after the heist, the ice begins to break, leading to a chaotic chase where the crooks try to escape from the law even as the powerful river threatens to engulf them. The narrative culminates in a dramatic and suspenseful scene where the inevitable force of nature claims its victims, leaving the fate of the gold and its would-be winners uncertain. Ultimately, the story highlights the unpredictability of life and fortune, as it is revealed that Leach won the pool, but not without significant cost and loss. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/adv_1928_07_01 20240511010515pierce 1928 US Reading ease score: 93.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Short stories Alaska -- Fiction Burglary -- Fiction Sweepstakes -- Fiction Thawing -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure 41449 2025-06-29T09:18:51.840634 text/html 17340 2024-07-24T14:24:29 text/html 394595 2025-06-29T09:18:54.118578 application/epub+zip 393376 2025-06-29T09:18:52.663745 application/epub+zip 134372 2025-06-29T09:18:52.175691 application/epub+zip 669465 2025-06-29T09:18:55.335667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663376 2025-06-29T09:18:53.781641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32957 2025-06-29T09:18:51.736628 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13198 2024-07-24T14:24:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16808 2025-06-29T09:18:55.465599 application/rdf+xml 25222 2025-06-29T09:18:52.401585 image/jpeg 4707 2025-06-29T09:18:52.286619 image/jpeg 664878 2025-06-29T09:18:51.853619 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