
A storm‑tossed night on the Kansas frontier in 1859 finds a small wagon train huddled around a flickering campfire. The wind howls through the timber, rain lashes the ground, and uneasy travelers clutch lanterns while a mother watches her child from the edge of the shelter. In the gloom, the group’s leader, Captain
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (625K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Harry Lamé, Suzanne Shell 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
2011-06-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

A trailblazing mystery writer hid behind a masculine pen name and built a lively career out of detective fiction in the late 1800s. Best known for twisty plots and memorable sleuths, this American novelist helped shape early popular crime storytelling.
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