The Redemption of David Corson (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Goss, Charles Frederic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144007237X ISBN 13: 9781440072376

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2010

Synopsis

THE REDEMPTION OF DAVID CORSON CHAPTER I. THIS OTHER EDEN "This other Eden, demi-paradise, this fortress built by nature." -Richard II. Hidden away in this worn and care-encumbered world, scarred with its frequent traces of a primeval curse, are spots so quiet and beautiful as to make the fall of man seem incredible, and awaken in the breast of the weary traveler who comes suddenly upon them, a vague and dear delusion that he has stumbled into Paradise. Such an Eden existed in the extreme western part of Ohio in the spring of eighteen hundred and forty-nine. It was a valley surrounded by wooded hills and threaded by a noisy brook which hastily made its way, as if upon some errand of immense importance., down to the big Miami not many miles distant. A road cut through a vast and solemn forest led into the valley, and entering as if by a corridor and through the open portal of a temple, the traveler saw a white farm-house l'eMl-ing beneath a mlghty hackberry t

Table of Contents

Contents; I; This Other Eden I; n; And Satan Came Also 17; Ill; The Egyptians 24-; IV; The Woman 41; v; The Light That Lies 52; VI; The Trail of the Serpent 62-; VII; The Chance Word 74; VIII; A Broken Reed h; IX; Where Paths Converge 93; x; A Poisoned Spring 101; XI; The Flesh and the Devil 119; The Moth and the FWne 130; XIII; Found Wanting 1408; XIV; Turned Tempter 167; XV; The Snare of the Fowler 176; XVI; The Derelicta 188; XVII; The Shadow of Dbth zos; XVIII; A Fugitive and a Vagabond uS; XIX; Alienation ~~,; XX; The Inevitable Hour '32; XXI; A Signal in the Night :t46; XXII; Heart Hunger ~S4; XXIII; Where I Might Find Him ~59; XXIV; Safe Haven s6t; xxv; The Little Lad 271; XXVI; Out of the Shadow 288; XXVII; If Thine Enemy Hunger 304; XXVIlL; A Man Crossed With Adversity 307; XXIX; As a Tale That is Told 315; XXX; Out of the Jaw, of Death 329; XXXI; The Great Refusal 345; XXXII; The End of Exile 353; XXXIII; A Self-Imposed Expiati

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Excerpt from The Redemption of David Corson "This other Eden, demi-paradise, this fortress built by nature," - Richard II. Hidden away in this worn and care-encumbered world, scarred with its frequent traces of a primeval curse, are spots so quiet and beautiful as to make the fall of man seem incredible, and awaken in the breast of the weary traveler who comes suddenly upon them, a vague and dear delusion that he has stumbled into Paradise. Such an Eden existed in the extreme western part of Ohio in the spring of eighteen hundred and forty-nine. It was a valley surrounded by wooded hills and threaded by a noisy brook which hastily made its way, as if upon some errand of immense importance, down to the big Miami not many miles distant. 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144007237X
• ISBN 13: 9781440072376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 450