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Frank's Ranche; Or, My Holiday in the Rockies / Being a Contribution to the Inquiry into What We Are to Do with Our Boys

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A series of epistolary travel narratives follows a restless young man who abandons failed agricultural ventures to seek a new life in the American West. Early attempts at farming and a creamery give way to mountain ranching, long drives, and life in remote camps. The account moves from an ocean passage and eastern towns to rail journeys across the plains and the dramatic landscapes of the Rockies and Yellowstone. Hard labor, severe winters, wildlife encounters, and frontier characters illustrate the difficulties of roughing it, while practical observations and reflections on parent–child expectations and advice for would-be settlers are woven throughout.

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Title: Frank's Ranche; Or, My Holiday in the Rockies

Author: E. Marston

Release date: July 23, 2016 [eBook #52625]
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Language: English

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FRANK'S RANCHE;
OR,
MY HOLIDAY IN THE ROCKIES.

FRANK'S RANCHE, FROM A SKETCH BY HIMSELF.

FRANK'S RANCHE
 
OR
 
MY HOLIDAY IN THE ROCKIES
 
BEING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE INQUIRY INTO WHAT WE ARE TO DO WITH OUR BOYS

BY THE AUTHOR OF
"AN AMATEUR ANGLER'S DAYS IN DOVEDALE"
"To thy bent mind some relaxation give,
And steal one day out of thy life, to live!"
Cowley
Second Edition.
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET
1886
(All rights reserved)
"Oh! happy farmers! overblest I wis,
If they could only realise their bliss!
For whom the earth, away from jingling strife,
In just abundance sheds the gifts of life."
Virgil's Georgics.
(R. D. Blackmore's Translation.)