Project Gutenberg 2025-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 112 Gordon, Homer King 1896 1959 Warren, Jack Flying down a rainbow $aNew York :$bDoubleday, Doran and Company, $c1929. Produced from the April 10, 1929 issue of Short Stories magazine. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "Flying down a rainbow" by Homer King Gordon is a short story published in the late 1920s, known for its adventure and themes centered around the gold rush prospecting era. The narrative revolves around the hopeful yet struggling pilot Jimmy Devlin, who is determined to make a name for himself in the competitive world of aeronautics, while also delving into the timeless lure of gold mining and the eccentric characters that embody the spirit of this quest. The story follows Jimmy Devlin, who, despite his financial constraints, manages to restore an old biplane called the "Calico Peacock." After a challenging start, he unexpectedly meets an elderly prospector, Ed Weber, who enlists his help to reach a newly discovered gold location in Keno, Nevada. Their journey is fraught with mechanical failures and risky decisions, culminating in a crash landing. However, amid the crisis, they discover a rich deposit of gold ore, uncovering the twist of fate that ultimately leads them to unexpected fortune, making them realize that serendipity often plays a pivotal role in the pursuit of dreams. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/short-stories-v-127-n-01-1929-04-10 20250102004505gordon 1929 US Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Gold miners -- Fiction West (U.S.) -- Fiction Air pilots -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Adventure 58009 2025-07-29T15:03:41.686618 text/html 33494 2025-01-12T19:29:33 text/html 1031351 2025-07-29T15:03:50.813609 application/epub+zip 1030067 2025-07-29T15:03:45.830637 application/epub+zip 164097 2025-07-29T15:03:42.121619 application/epub+zip 1209471 2025-07-29T15:03:52.316606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1202236 2025-07-29T15:03:47.314599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50029 2025-07-29T15:03:41.497616 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30257 2025-01-12T19:29:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16255 2025-07-29T15:03:52.463578 application/rdf+xml 30009 2025-07-29T15:03:42.396614 image/jpeg 4815 2025-07-29T15:03:42.253642 image/jpeg 1634151 2025-07-29T15:03:41.722674 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