The Preacher of Cedar Mountain: A Tale of the Open Country
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- THE PREACHER OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN
- A TALE OF THE OPEN COUNTRY
- FRONTISPIECE BY CLARENCE ROWE
- Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1917 Copyright, 1917, by Ernest Thompson Seton All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
- "'You must choose between us. Is it Belle or Blazing Star?'"
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- BOOK ONE
- THE CHILD OF THE STABLE YARD
- CHAPTER I
- The Home Land of Little Jim Hartigan
- CHAPTER II
- The Strains That Were Mingled in Jim
- CHAPTER III
- How He Lost His Father
- CHAPTER IV
- The Atmosphere of His Early Days
- CHAPTER V
- Little Jim's Tutors
- CHAPTER VI
- Jim Loses Everything
- CHAPTER VII
- He Gets a Much-needed Lesson
- BOOK II
- THE CONVERSION
- CHAPTER VIII
- The Conversion of Jim
- CHAPTER IX
- Jim Hartigan Goes to College
- CHAPTER X
- Escape to Cedar Mountain
- CHAPTER XI
- A New Force Enters His Life
- CHAPTER XII
- Belle Boyd
- CHAPTER XIII
- Preacher Jim's First Sermon
- CHAPTER XIV
- The Lure of the Saddle
- CHAPTER XV
- Pat Bylow's Spree
- CHAPTER XVI
- The New Insurance Agents
- CHAPTER XVII
- Belle Makes a Decision and Jim Evades One
- CHAPTER XVIII
- The Second Bylow Spree
- CHAPTER XIX
- The Day of Reckoning
- CHAPTER XX
- The Memorable Trip to Deadwood
- CHAPTER XXI
- The Ordeal
- CHAPTER XXII
- The Three Religions Confront Him
- BOOK III
- THE HORSE PREACHER
- CHAPTER XXIII
- Blazing Star
- CHAPTER XXIV
- Red Rover
- CHAPTER XXV
- The Secret of Yellowbank Canyon
- CHAPTER XXVI
- Preparing For the Day
- CHAPTER XXVII
- The Start
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- The Finish
- CHAPTER XXIX
- The Riders
- CHAPTER XXX
- The Fire
- CHAPTER XXXI
- Love in The Saddle
- BOOK IV
- THE HORSE PREACHER AFOOT
- CHAPTER XXXII
- The Advent of Midnight
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- The Sociable
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- Springtime
- CHAPTER XXXV
- When the Greasewood is in Bloom
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- Shoeing the Buckskin
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- The Boom
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- When the Craze Struck
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- Jim's Bet
- CHAPTER XL
- The Crow Band
- CHAPTER XLI
- The Pinto
- CHAPTER XLII
- The Aftertime
- CHAPTER XLIII
- Finding the Lost One
- CHAPTER XLIV
- A Fair Rider
- CHAPTER XLV
- The Life Game
- CHAPTER XLVI
- What Next?
- CHAPTER XLVII
- Back to Deadwood
- Distinguished Arrivals in Deadwood
- SQUELCHE'S SPECIAL MATCHED SIDING JOHN JOHNSON, SOLE AGENT
- CHAPTER XLVIII
- The Fork in the Trail
- CHAPTER XLIX
- The Power of Personality
- CHAPTER L
- The Call to Chicago
- CHAPTER LI
- These Little Ones
- CHAPTER LII
- The Boss
- CEDAR MOUNTAIN HOUSE Notice A Meeting to organize this Club will be held here on these premises Sunday afternoon next. Men and women who are interested are cordially invited. REFRESHMENTS
- CHAPTER LIII
- The First Meeting
- CHAPTER LIV
- The Formation of the Club
- BOOK V
- THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN
- CHAPTER LV
- In the Absence of Belle
- CHAPTER LVI
- The Defection of Squeaks
- CHAPTER LVII
- The Trial
- CHAPTER LVIII
- In the Death House
- CHAPTER LIX
- The Heart Hunger
- CHAPTER LX
- The Gateway and the Mountain
- CHAPTER LXI
- Clear Vision on the Mountain
- CHAPTER LXII
- When He Walked With the King
- THE END
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