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The collection gathers short sketches and stories set in the western desert, depicting pioneer ranch life through vivid scenes and character studies. Narratives range from domestic moments and romantic entanglements to tales of danger, solitude, and moral consequence, with landscape and weather shaping events and moods. Characters include newcomers from refined eastern backgrounds, cowboy riders, and longstanding settlers whose speech and customs contrast sharply. Recurring motifs include fate as a weaving force, the desert's silence and harsh beauty, and the interplay of love, loss, and labor that defines everyday survival on the plains.

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Title: The Loom of the Desert

Author: Idah Meacham Strobridge

Illustrator: Maynard Dixon

Release date: February 6, 2022 [eBook #67347]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Baumgardt Publishing Company, 1907

Credits: Carlos Colon, David E. Brown, the University of California 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.)

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