The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine
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"The Fighting Edge" by William MacLeod Raine is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces us to June Tolliver, a young girl living on a remote ranch with her father, Pete, in a tough frontier setting. The narrative takes a turn when Jake Houck, a menacing figure from Pete's past, arrives, bringing with him a complex mix of danger and unwanted attention to June, who is caught between
her fierce independence and a budding vulnerability. At the start of the book, we are introduced to June, whose life of isolation is flavored with an intuition of her father's troubled past. As she prepares dinner for her father, a stranger named Jake Houck arrives, stirring unease in the household. Initially disconcerted by his presence, June confronts the challenge posed by his possessive behavior. The opening chapters unfold as June struggles against her growing fears about Houck’s intentions regarding her and her father's dark past. As tensions rise and her predicament escalates, we witness a strong young woman grappling with societal expectations and her own sense of self-worth against the backdrop of an unforgiving landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Raine, William MacLeod, 1871-1954 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Fighting Edge |
| Credits |
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 94.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Western stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 26520 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-26520-9 |
| Release Date | Sep 4, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1910 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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