A slant of light : a novel /
Lent, Jeffrey,
A slant of light : a novel / Jeffrey Lent. - 357 pages ; 25 cm
"[A story that] deals with profoundly seminal American moments: the end of the Civil War, the religious freedom that was manifested in the Second Great Awakening, the last gasps of the Jeffersonian ideal of American yeomanry, the shadow on the horizon of the Industrial Revolution. At the heart of the novel are two men: one who has committed a horrific act, but is slowly revealed to be a man of honor and integrity; the other, a seemingly righteous man of great spiritual dedication, whose lust for power within his community will eventually blind him to his own actions"-- At the close of the Civil War, Malcolm Hopeton returns to his home in western New York State to find his wife and hired man missing and his farm in disrepair. Hopeton has gone from the horrors of war to those far worse, and when a double murder ensues the repercussions ripple through the community as they try to make sense of his crime.
1620404966 (hbk.) 9781620404966 (hbk.)
2014021632
New York (State)--Fiction.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
A slant of light : a novel / Jeffrey Lent. - 357 pages ; 25 cm
"[A story that] deals with profoundly seminal American moments: the end of the Civil War, the religious freedom that was manifested in the Second Great Awakening, the last gasps of the Jeffersonian ideal of American yeomanry, the shadow on the horizon of the Industrial Revolution. At the heart of the novel are two men: one who has committed a horrific act, but is slowly revealed to be a man of honor and integrity; the other, a seemingly righteous man of great spiritual dedication, whose lust for power within his community will eventually blind him to his own actions"-- At the close of the Civil War, Malcolm Hopeton returns to his home in western New York State to find his wife and hired man missing and his farm in disrepair. Hopeton has gone from the horrors of war to those far worse, and when a double murder ensues the repercussions ripple through the community as they try to make sense of his crime.
1620404966 (hbk.) 9781620404966 (hbk.)
2014021632
New York (State)--Fiction.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.