The Light In The Clearing: A Tale Of The North Country In The Time Of Silas

One self-contained, Homeric figure, of the remote countryside in which I was born, had the true Spirit of Democracy and shed its light abroad in the Senate of the United States and the Capitol at Albany. He carried the candle of the Lord. It led him to a height of self-forgetfulness achieved by only two others-Washington and Lincoln. Yet I have been surprised by the profound and general ignorance of this generation regarding the career of Silas Wright, of whom Whittier wrote these lines:

• • Author: Irving Bacheller
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Apr 25, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 148 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1523857749
• • ISBN-13: 9781523857746