The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald

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Author MacDonald, Everett
LoC No. 16025095
Title The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky
Note Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits E-text prepared by David Garcia, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/)
Summary "The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky" by Everett MacDonald is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of the rugged Kentucky highlands, exploring themes of family feuds, illicit distilling, and the quest for redemption through the construction of a church. Central to the narrative are old Cap Lutts, a mountain man and moonshiner, and the complexities surrounding his family and their enemies, particularly the revenuer Peter Burton and the enigmatic Jutt Orlick. At the start of the book, we are introduced to the majestic Kentucky landscape, emphasizing the clash of its beauty with the violent feuds that plague the characters. Cap Lutts, a towering figure both physically and morally, is preparing to dedicate a new church that symbolizes hope and a new beginning for his community, despite the looming threat of government agents and rival factions. The opening suggests a turbulent world where Cap Lutts seeks to forge a peaceful legacy, while also hinting at the personal and external conflicts that will inevitably arise as tensions build within the community and with the authorities above. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Kentucky -- Fiction
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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