Uncle Tom Andy Bill: A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure (Classic Reprint)

Charles Major

Children's Books

Forgotten Books

Bears of Blue River

Literature & Fiction

A.B. Frost

Classics

Indiana University Press

Excerpt from A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the ThirtiesA Strenuous sense of justice is the most disturbing of all virtues, and those persons in whom it predominates are usually as disagreeable as they are good. Any one who assumes the high plane of "justice to all, and confusion to sinners," may easily gain a reputation for goodness simply by doing nothing bad. Look wise and heavenward, frown severely but regretfully upon other's faults, and the world will whisper, "Ah, how good he is!" And you will be good - as the sinless, prickly pear. If the virtues of omission constitute saintship, and from a study of the calendar one might so conclude, seek your corona by the way of justice. For myself, I would rather be a layman with a few active virtues and a small sin or two, than a sternly just saint without a fault. Breed virtue in others by giving them something to forgive. Conceive, if you can, the unutterable horror of life in this world without a few blessed human faults. He who sins not at all, cannot easily find reason to forgive; and to for give those who trespass against us, is one of the sweetest benedictions of life. I have known many persons who built their moral structure upon the single rock of justice; but they all bred wretchedness among those who loved them, and made life harder because they did not die young.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Uncle Tom Andy Bill: A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure Children except one (of her you will hear a great deal in these pages) were nieces or nephews and grand-nieces or grand-nephews whose parents, like mine, had died. You may be sure every member of the adopted family worshipped with unquestioning faith at the shrine of the Adopter, as some of Tom Andy Bill's older friends lovingly called him. The mother instinct was so strong in Tom Andy Bill's heart that all his friends regretted he had never married. I remember once hearing two old ladies deplore the fact. One of them said tenderly: Oh, yes, it's too bad. He was the like liest young man I ever knew - so tall and strong and gentle. He was like a Greek statue in form, and like a hero in bravery and truthfulness and all that was good. His hair was dark and curled about the finest head and the handsomest face I ever saw. No, he never married, but he had a sweet heart once yes, yes, you know the story. Sad, wasn't it? So sad. 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.

The Bears of Blue River describes the adventures of a young boy growing up in early nineteenth-century rural Indiana. Little Balser lives with his parents, a younger brother, and a baby sister in a cozy log cabin on the bank of the Big Blue River. Although only thirteen or fourteen years old, he is quite familiar with the dangers and rigors of frontier life. As the story unfolds, the boy becomes lost in the forest, encounters the fierce one-eared bear, and is nearly caught by a bear as he dozes next to what he thinks is a bearskin. This is a book for children or adults who love nature and tales of early pioneer life.

The bears of Blue River

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Uncle Tom Andy Bill A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure

Uncle Tom Andy Bill

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This is about a boy who lived in a cabin along the east bank of the Big Blue River.  It tells how he got a gun, how he got lost in the forest, how he met the one-eared bear and many more.

The Bears of Blue River

Action & Adventure

The MacMillan Company

When Knighthood Was in Flower

We Caskodens take great pride in our ancestry. Some persons, I know, hold all that to be totally un-Solomonlike and the height of vanity, but they, usually, have no ancestors of whom to be proud. The man who does not know who his great-grandfather was, naturally enough would not care what he was. The Caskodens have pride of ancestry because they know both who and what. Even admitting that it is vanity at all, it is an impersonal sort of failing, which, like the excessive love of country, leans virtueward; for the man who fears to disgrace his ancestors is certainly less likely to disgrace himself. Of course there are a great many excellent persons who can go no farther back than father and mother, who, doubtless, eat and drink and sleep as well, and love as happily, as if they could trace an unbroken lineage clear back to Adam or Noah, or somebody of that sort. Nevertheless, we Caskodens are proud of our ancestry, and expect to remain so to the end of the chapter, regardless of whom it pleases or displeases.

Edwin Caskoden

Tutis Digital Pub

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Uncle Tom Andy Bill: A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure (Classic Reprint)

Bears of Blue River

A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties (Classic Reprint)

Uncle Tom Andy Bill: A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure (Classic Reprint)

The bears of Blue River

Uncle Tom Andy Bill

The Bears of Blue River

When Knighthood Was in Flower