THE THURSTONS OF THE OLD PALMETTO STATE: OR, Varieties of Southern Life. ILLUSTRATED IN THE FORTUNES OF A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
BYREV. JOHN H. CALDWELL, A. M.,
Of the Georgia Conference, AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIOUS MESSENGER."
New-York:
JOSEPH RUSSELL, PUBLISHER,
79 JOHN STREET.
1861.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by JOHN H. CALDWELL, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of Georgia.
CONTENTS.
- I. THE DREAMS OF CHILDHOOD, 9
- II. HORRY WISHES TO BE LIKE GENERAL MARION, 16
- III. WHIT PURDIS, 26
- IV. CAPTAIN THURSTON'S HISTORY, 33
- V. THE PREACHER AND HIS DISCIPLE, 42
- VI. THE HAPPY HOME, 46
- VII. THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, 50
- VIII. THE SWEET SINGER AT TEMPLE VALE, 61
- IX. THE SEARCH BY NIGHT-A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, 67
- X. "BETHEL OAK," 79
- XI. PATIENCE IN TRIBULATION, 87
- XII. AT PARSON DALE'S, 90
- XIII. HOW MR. PAUL TOLD THE GOOD NEWS, 103
- XIV. SHREWD NICK BROWN, 115
- XV. PIOUS COLONEL BROWN, 121
- XVI. HORRY'S DEPARTURE FROM TEMPLE VALE, 131
- XVII. "REQUIESCAT IN PACE," 138
- XVIII. HORRY IS INTRODUCED TO A LITTLE YANKEE, 141
- XIX. PRINCIPLES OF TRADE, 150
- XX. THE BORN MERCHANT, 161
- XXI. THE STORY OF POOR LENNY, 175
- XXII. A DOG STORY, 191
- XXIII. A DISCOVERY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, 207
- XXIV. THE TWO BROTHERS, 213
- XXV. LOVE'S LABOR, 220
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- XXVI. THE FRATERNAL COVENANT, 236
- XXVII. THE TRAGEDY, 245
- XXVIII. THE SUCCESSFUL ADVOCATE, 252
- XXIX. THE BATTLE OF THE "GREAT PRAIRIE," 269
- XXX. TIDINGS OF THE LOST SISTER, 278
- XXXI. HORRY'S DISQUIETUDE, 287
- XXXII. THE ADVENTURE AMONG THE TOMBS, 294
- XXXIII. "FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT," 305
- XXXIV. THE WARNING, 313
- XXXV. THROUGH TRIBULATIONS DEEP, 322
- XXXVI. THE MELEE, 330
- XXXVII. THE FIRST SERMON AND ITS FRUIT, 343
- XXXVIII. POOR REBECCA, 348
- XXXIX. THE GOOD SHEPHERD, 355
- XL. SOMETHING ABOUT HEARTS, 360
- XLI. JAMES LANDELL'S NARRATIVE, 375
- XLII. A MAN IN SEARCH OF HIS NAME, 386
- XLIII. THE HAPPY TRIO, 396
- CONCLUSION. 405
