The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
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"The Girl of the Golden West" by David Belasco is a theatrical play written in 1905, set during the California Gold Rush. This four-act melodrama centers on The Girl, known as Minnie, whose life becomes entangled with a mysterious stranger named Dick Johnson and the gambler-sheriff Jack Rance. The play unfolds in a rough mining camp where tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Its dramatic success led to numerous adaptations, including Puccini's
famous opera and four film versions, cementing its place as an enduring American theatrical work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Belasco, David, 1853-1931 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Marchand, J. N. |
| Title | The Girl of the Golden West |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_of_the_Golden_West_(play) |
| Credits |
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Western stories |
| Subject | Women pioneers -- Fiction |
| Subject | California -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 58800 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2019 |
| Last Update | Jan 24, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 328 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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