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Edward Payson Roe (1838 1888) was a Presbyterian minister living in New York after the Civil War. In 1874 he moved to Cornwall-on-the-Hudson where he wrote fiction and studied horticulture. After the Civil Was he lectured on the war and wrote periodicals. His novels had a strong moral purpose and their being written by a clergyman helped to break down the Puritanical prejudice against fiction. His best-known works were "Barriers Burned Away" and "The Earth Trembled." For Jest to Earnest begins, On a cloudy December morning a gentleman, two ladies, and a boy stepped down from the express train at a station just above the Highlands on the Hudson. A double sleigh, overflowing with luxurious robes, stood near, and a portly coachman with difficulty restrained his spirited horses while the little party arranged themselves for a winter ride. Both the ladies were young, and the gentleman's anxious and almost tender solicitude for one of them seemed hardly warranted by her blooming cheeks and sprightly movements. A close observer might soon suspect that his assiduous attentions were caused by a malady of his own rather than by indisposition on her part.
| ISBN-13 | 9781605974774 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1605974773 |
| Weight | 1.34 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.25 x 7.50 x 0.73 In |
| List Price | $21.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 352 pages |
| Publisher | Standard Pubns Inc |
| Published On | 2008-04-01 |
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