The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
"The Tempering" by Charles Neville Buck is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of the rugged Appalachian mountains, the story revolves around Boone Wellver, a young boy grappling with feelings of discontent and longing for adventure, and Victor McCalloway, an enigmatic stranger whose presence stirs Boone's imagination. The book explores themes of conflict, family loyalties, and the struggle between tradition and change within a society markedby deep-seated feuds. At the start of the story, Boone sits on a fence lamenting the monotony of his life in his isolated mountain community, surrounded by remnants of pioneer life. His world changes with the arrival of McCalloway, a well-traveled stranger with an air of romance, who inadvertently draws Boone into a complex web of family feuds as the local politics heat up. The narrative foreshadows the tensions between different families in the area, particularly the Gregories and the Carrs, as Boone witnesses the emotional weight of his relatives’ past and the simmering animosities that threaten to ignite. As the plot unfolds, Boone's yearning for a life beyond his mundane existence collides with the realities of his heritage and the violent inheritances of his kin. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1957 |
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| Illustrator | Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen), 1892-1968 |
| Title | The Tempering |
| Note | Reading ease score: 69.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Credits | E-text prepared by David Garcia, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Kentucky -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mountain life -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 33736 |
| Release Date | Sep 16, 2010 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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