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The Water Bearer and the Westward Encounter
Caleb Warner, a Massachusetts civil engineer, travels West to seek opportunities in California and lodges at El Nido, home of Miss Betty Clinton. He befriends her, learns her father Clinton runs the valley, and meets Padilla, a loyal Mexican servant with a dangerous past tied to a puma and a love triangle involving Marla. The tale blends frontier ambition with romance and looming conflict over water projects.
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J. Allan Dunn
United States
Plains
Beringia
Dunn
Caleb Warner
Hermanos Creek
Caleb
Sean
Moving Pictures
New England
Massachusetts
Chrysalix
Columbia
Galeb Warner
Ter Banos Valley
Q Coyote
Walt
Saratos
Siva
Gabilan
Golden
Clinton
Miss Clinton
Calub
Wang
Betty
Betty Clinton
Maria
Pather
Heyward
Hi Nido
California
Ghall
West
Ager
Freemont
Pico
Monterey Bay
Virgina
South
Ile
Aquarius
Caton
Gleb
Iris
Thore
Yun
Flo
Mo Caleb
Hegins
Vadilia
Leb
Padilla
el Nido
Cateb
Sonora
Mari
Luis Padilla
Pam
Marci
Sanetissina Maria
Senor
Padia
Xenor
Ant
Dios
Jamalinos
Marla
Ed Culeh
Senorita
Conor
Jose
Mark
Hals
Betty Elinton