
TUMBLEWEEDS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
In the wide, wind‑swept plains of the American West, an aging pioneer named Joe Hinman watches the ever‑shifting tide of settlement. From his modest homestead he surveys a massive, untouched stretch of land—still barred by an old treaty and left as a silent buffer between competing cultures. As he and his eager younger companion, Donald Carver, discuss the promise of the “last frontier,” the story captures the restless optimism and lingering doubts of those who have watched the prairie transform from desert to thriving farms.
The narrative weaves together the hard‑won wisdom of a man who has seen railroads replace wagon trains and the restless ambition of a new generation hungry for a fresh start. Through vivid descriptions of the rolling grasslands and the lingering presence of the Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Comanche, the book paints a picture of a world on the brink of change. Listeners are invited to feel the tension between the lure of untamed territory and the weight of history that still holds it in place.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (346K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923.
Credits
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.)
Release date
2024-02-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1887–1934
A writer who knew the American West firsthand, he turned years of ranching, trapping, guiding, and roaming into vivid Western novels and short stories. His stories were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and several were later adapted for film.
View all books
by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts

by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts

by Vinceslas-Eugène Dick

by Royall Tyler

by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé

by Abraham Cahan

by Abraham Cahan