Prince Dusty: A Story of the Oil Regions
by Kirk Munroe
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About This Book
In this story set in the 1870s, 12-year-old Arthur Dale Dustin is living a fairy-tale existence—of the Cinderella variety. An orphan, he has been farmed out to relatives who resent and mistreat him. His only friends are a young girl cousin, an oil-well driller named Brace Barlow, and former slave Uncle Phin. A chance encounter with a beautiful stranger leaves Arthur in possession of a book of fairy tales. Soon, he and Uncle Phin start on the long journey from Western Pennsylvania to Virginia so that the boy can meet his grandfather. The book helps them through encounters with farm families, tr...
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- PRINCE DUSTY A STORY OF THE OIL REGIONS
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. A PRINCE AND PRINCESS GO IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES.
- CHAPTER II. A PRESENT FROM A FAIRY GODMOTHER.
- CHAPTER III. BRACE BARLOW THE MOONLIGHTER.
- CHAPTER IV. A TORPEDO MAN’S PERIL.
- CHAPTER V. ARTHUR AND HIS COUSINS.
- CHAPTER VI. A GALLANT RESCUE AND ITS REWARD.
- CHAPTER VII. UNCLE PHIN’S PLAN.
- CHAPTER VIII. AWAKENED AT MIDNIGHT.
- CHAPTER IX. A HURRIED FLIGHT.
- CHAPTER X. ON BOARD THE ARK.
- CHAPTER XI. UNCLE PHIN’S DANGER.
- CHAPTER XII. A TORRENT OF FLAME.
- CHAPTER XIII. HOW THE ARK WAS SAVED.
- CHAPTER XIV. A CAMP OF TRAMPS.
- CHAPTER XV. ARTHUR’S FIGHT TO SAVE RUSTY.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE MEANING OF SOME QUEER SIGNS.
- CHAPTER XVII. PLEASANT DRIFTINGS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE ARK IS STOLEN.
- CHAPTER XIX. PENNILESS WANDERERS IN A STRANGE CITY.
- CHAPTER XX. A RAILROAD EXPERIENCE.
- CHAPTER XXI. CARRIED OFF IN A FREIGHT CAR.
- CHAPTER XXII. SAVING THE KEYSTONE EXPRESS.
- CHAPTER XXIII. CROSSING THE ALLEGHANIES.
- CHAPTER XXIV. A BRAVE STRUGGLE WITH POVERTY.
- CHAPTER XXV. FINDING A HOME.
- CHAPTER XXVI. COLONEL DALE OF DALECOURT.
- CHAPTER XXVII. A “GENUINE CHUMP.”
- CHAPTER XXVIII. A FEW FACTS CONCERNING PETROLEUM.
- CHAPTER XXIX. LOCATING AN OIL WELL.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE DALE-DUSTIN MYSTERY.
- CHAPTER XXXI. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.
- CHAPTER XXXII. SHOOTING A “DUSTER.”
- CHAPTER XXXIII. SAVED BY THE SIGN OF THE TRAMP.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. AN OIL SCOUT OUTWITTED.
- CHAPTER XXXV. DEVELOPING AN OIL REGION.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. ARTHUR REMEMBERS HIS FRIENDS.
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