The Circuit Rider (Classic Reprint): A Tale of the Heroic Age: A Tale of the Heroic Age (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda
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Epic frontier life, faith, and a prodigal's return set amid the rough beauty of early America.
This historical novel brings to life the harsh realities and colorful characters of the West as a young man struggles with temptation, duty, and love. Told with clear, compassionate detail, it follows a preacher’s world and the family he tests, offering a sweeping glimpse of a nation on the edge of change.
The book blends vivid scenes of corn-shucking, camp meetings, and rugged travel with intimate portraits of faith, doubt, and longing. Its strong sense of place sits beside a quietly dramatic love story, where personal vows meet the demands of community and conscience.- Experience a richly painted landscape of 19th-century American life, from local superstition to open road and field.
- Meet memorable figures, from sturdy mothers and crash-landing ambitions to fiery preachers and stubborn neighbors.
- See how faith, pride, and forgiveness collide in a town where every choice echoes through families and friendships.
- Follow a prodigal’s return and the deep questions it raises about love, loyalty, and the struggle to do right.
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Obligations of a novelist to tell the truth. Lawyers and even ministers are permitted to speak entirely on one side. But no man is worthy to be called a novelist who does not endeavor with his whole soul to produce the higher form of history, by writing truly of men as they are, and dispassionately of those forms of life that come within his scope.
Much as I have laughed at every sort of grotesquerie, I could not treat the early religious life of the West otherwise than with the most cordial sympathy and admiration. And yet this is not a religious novel, one in which all the bad people are as bad as they can be, and all the good people a little better than they can be. I have not even asked myself what may be the moral. The story of any true life is wholesome, if only the writer will tell it simply, keeping impertinent preachment of his own out of the way.
Doubtless I Shall hopelessly damage myself with some good people by confessing in the start that, from the first chapter to the last, this is a love-story. But it is not my fault. It is God who made love so universal that no picture of human life can be complete where love is left out.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic Age
Whatever is incredible in this story is true. The tale I have to tell will seem strange to those who know little of the social life of the West at the beginning of this century. These sharp contrasts of corn-shuckings and camp-meetings, of wild revels followed by wild revivals; these contacts of highwayman and preacher; this melange of picturesque simplicity, grotesque humor and savage ferocity, of abandoned wickedness and austere piety, can hardly seem real to those who know the country now. But the books of biography and reminiscence which preserve the memory of that time more than justify what is marvelous in these pages.
Living, in early boyhood, on the very ground where my grandfather - brave old Indian-fighter! - had defended his family in a block-house built in a wilderness by his own hands, I grew up familiar with this strange wild life. At the age when other children hear fables and fairy stories, my childish, fancy was filled with traditions of battles with Indians and highwaymen. Instead of imaginary giant-killers, children then heard of real Indian - slayers; instead of Blue-Beards, we had Murrell and his robbers; instead of Little Red Riding Hood's wolf, we were regaled with the daring adventures of the generation before us, in conflict with wild beasts on the very road we traveled to school.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The Circuit Rider : A Tale of the Heroic Age (Classic Reprint)
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book transports readers to the American frontier of the early 19th century, a time of stark contrasts and raw emotions. The author captures the unique blend of frontier life, where corn shuckings and camp meetings, wild revelry and fervent revivals, and the presence of both highwaymen and preachers, all existed side by side. This immersive tale delves into the lives of the people and the communities that emerged in this untamed landscape. Through the eyes of Morton Goodwin, a young man caught between his love for Patty Lumsden and his loyalty to his friends, the reader experiences the complexities of frontier society. Morton's journey is one of grappling with personal desires and moral dilemmas, as he navigates a world where honor, loyalty, and self-interest often clash. The author, drawing on the rich traditions of storytelling passed down through generations, paints a vivid portrait of the times. The reader witnesses the social customs of the era, the influence of religion and the impact of shifting political landscapes. Ultimately, the book offers a nuanced understanding of how individuals find their place and purpose amidst the challenges and triumphs of a rapidly evolving frontier. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330605035_0
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