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PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
WITH HOOPS OF STEEL - CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
A lone rider crosses a moon‑lit desert, his weary horse dragging through sand as a distant fire flickers on the horizon. The opening drifts between quiet loneliness and uneasy anticipation, hinting at the harsh, unforgiving world of the late‑nineteenth‑century Southwest. Through vivid descriptions of mesquite, grease‑wood and the endless plain, the story pulls listeners into the raw, authentic life of cattlemen who wrestle with isolation, loyalty, and the ever‑present danger of the open range.
The narrative blends a palpable sense of place with a quietly building mystery—who is tending that solitary campfire, and what lies hidden in the night? As the protagonist steadies his hand on his revolver and calls out into the darkness, listeners will feel the tension of a frontier where every echo can mean friend or foe. The novel offers a timeless portrait of courage, camaraderie, and the stark beauty of a vanished American West.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (456K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2009-04-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1858–1939
A trailblazing newspaperwoman, feminist, and novelist, she helped open doors for women in American journalism while also writing fiction and criticism. Her long career stretched from frontier-era reporting to decades of book reviewing for The New York Times.
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