The Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Stanley Waterloo
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"The Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains" by Stanley Waterloo is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds with a transcontinental train trapped in a blizzard while traversing the Cleft Mountains, and follows the courageous efforts of John Stafford, a civil engineer, as he attempts to send a distress message for rescue. The narrative highlights themes of human resilience, adventure, and the unpredictability of nature. At the
start of the novel, the tumultuous blizzard engulfs a train making its way through a treacherous mountain pass, leading to its eventual halt in a massive snowdrift. As the crew realizes their predicament, they learn that they lack a telegraph operator to send out an emergency call for help. The conductor’s desperate search uncovers Stafford, a skilled engineer, who volunteers to undertake the hazardous task of reaching the telegraph line. The opening portion vividly depicts the harsh elements and the escalating tension as Stafford faces the snow-filled wilderness, setting the stage for a gripping adventure about survival and the human spirit against the odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Waterloo, Stanley, 1846-1913 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 07020621 |
| Title | The Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains |
| Credits |
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Storytelling -- Fiction |
| Subject | Railroad travel -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 37509 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-37509-0 |
| Release Date | Sep 22, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 663 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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