| Author |
Baker, George M. (George Melville), 1832-1890 |
| Title |
Nevada; or, The Lost Mine, A Drama in Three Acts
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 96.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, John Campbell, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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| Summary |
"Nevada; or, The Lost Mine, A Drama in Three Acts" by George M. Baker is a theatrical play written in the late 19th century. This drama revolves around themes of mining, friendship, and the complexities of human relationships in a rugged frontier setting. The main characters include Nevada, a wandering miner obsessed with a lost gold mine, and various miners and townspeople that interact with him, including Vermont, an old miner with a fatherly bond to a young girl named Moselle. At the start of the play, we are introduced to a cast of colorful characters in a mining camp. The scene opens with Silas Steele, a self-proclaimed "missionary of health," humorously detailing his struggle to promote a miracle cure called Busted's Balm while also coming into contact with Mother Merton, a motherly figure in the camp. As the plot unfolds, we learn about Nevada, a man driven mad by the loss of a rich gold mine he once discovered. The various miners converse about their lives and relationships, setting the stage for a narrative that explores themes of love, betrayal, and redemption against the backdrop of the fierce setting of a gold mining town. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
American drama -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Gold mines and mining -- Drama
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
49407 |
| Release Date |
Jul 10, 2015 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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