Frank Oldfield
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A boy's temperance pledge becomes a source of conflict in the Lancashire mining village of Langhurst. Fourteen-year-old Samuel Johnson and his younger sister Betty have seen their wages spent on drink while their own food and clothing are neglected. After both sign a promise to abstain, their father angrily demands that they abandon it. The novel opens with Samuel's mother searching for him after he leaves home, having placed a coin, a lock of hair and a note for her on the table.
Theodore P. Wilson builds this Christian story for young readers around family hardship, loyalty between siblings and the pressure to surrender a conviction. Colliery work, factory employment and village meetings give its moral arguments a concrete social setting. Dialect dialogue carries the fears and disagreements of the household.
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Book facts
- Author
- Theodore P. Wilson
- Reading time
- About 8 hours
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online