The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is a classic novel written by John Fox Jr. The story is set in the Appalachian Mountains during the American Civil War. The main character, Chadwick Buford, is a young boy who lives with his mother in Kentucky. When the war breaks out, Chadwick's father joins the Confederate Army and Chadwick is sent to live with his mother's family in the mountains.Chadwick is a sensitive and thoughtful boy who loves the mountains and the animals that live there. He becomes friends with a group of Union soldiers who are stationed near his home and begins to question the morality of the war. When his father is killed in battle, Chadwick is forced to choose between his loyalty to his family and his beliefs about the war.The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is a coming-of-age story that explores themes of loyalty, patriotism, and the human cost of war. It is a timeless tale that has been enjoyed by generations of readers and continues to be a beloved classic of American literature.1910. The book begins: The days of that April had been days of mist and rain. Sometimes, for hours, there would come a miracle of blue sky, white cloud, and yellow light, but always between dark and dark the rain would fall and the mist creep up the mountains and steam from the tops-only to roll together from either range, drip back into the valleys, and lift, straightway, as mist again. So that, all the while Nature was trying to give lustier life to every living thing in the lowland Bluegrass, all the while a gaunt skeleton was stalking down the Cumberland-tapping with fleshless knuckles, now at some unlovely cottage of faded white and green, and now at a log cabin, stark and gray.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.