Harold Frederic 
The Copperhead [EPUB ebook] 

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‘The Copperhead’ is a farmer in northern New York who sympathizes with the South in the anti-slavery struggle, and who in consequence is boycotted by his neighbors. He is driven from church, not allowed to sell his milk at the neighborhood creamery, and in a hundred ways ostracized and treated with scorn. To add to his burden, his son falls in love with the daughter of the arch-enemy of the family, a ranting Abolitionist, and then goes to the war, only to be reported ‘ missing’ after the battle of Antietam. Finally the farmer’s house is set on fire by a crowd of young roysterers who have come with the intention of tarring and feathering him and his ‘ hired man, ‘ and then the reaction in favor of the Copperhead sets in. The book ends with the return of the ‘missing ‘ soldier and the reconciliation of his father’s family with that of the young school-teacher in whom he is interested. Mr. Frederic’s descriptions of life in a rural community at the beginning of the war are true, and his character studies not only have power and individuality, but are evidently based upon careful observation of real life.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 168 ● ISBN 9783849649357 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Publisher Jazzybee Verlag ● City Altenmünster ● Country DE ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5096694 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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