Excerpt from Figs and Thistles: A Romance of the Western Reserve From the year of Grace, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty, this story continueth until the year Of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-two, or thereabouts; with some episodes which extend back of the former date and some speculations which follow the latter. 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. | Figs and Thistles by Albion Winegar Tourgée, Paperback | Indigo Chapters