"Lewis Rand" by Mary Johnston is a historical fiction set in post-Revolutionary America that chronicles the life of Lewis Rand, a young man torn between fulfilling his father's expectations and pursuing his own ambitions. The story begins with Lewis and his father, Gideon, traveling to Richmond, introducing the reader to their simple way of life and the familial expectations that bind Lewis. As Lewis encounters Adam Gaudylock, a hunter leading a life of freedom, he starts to question his own path and imagines a future beyond the tobacco fields. The novel explores themes of ambition and identity through Lewis’s struggle to break free from tradition and chase his dreams, setting him on a course toward a life of learning and influence.
Lewis Rand
By Mary Johnston
A young man's journey to break free from his family's expectations and pursue his dreams amidst the backdrop of a new nation's growing pains.
Genres
Released
2005-01-15
Formats
epub
mobi (images)
epub (images)
mobi
epub3 (images)
txt
Free Download
Summary
About the AuthorMary Johnston was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. Johnston was also an active member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, using her writing skills and notability to draw attention to the cause of women's suffrage in Virginia.
Mary Johnston was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. Johnston was also an active member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, using her writing skills and notability to draw attention to the cause of women's suffrage in Virginia.
Total Reviews
10.0k
Total reviews from Goodreads may change
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman
By Emerson Hough
Cashel Byron's Profession
By Bernard Shaw
Young Lives
By Richard Le Gallienne
The Black Eagle; or, Ticonderoga
By G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
By Joseph Hergesheimer
Lewis Arundel; Or, The Railroad Of Life
By Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
Through Our Unknown Southwest The Wonderland of the United States—Little Known and Unappreciated—The Home of the Cliff Dweller and the Hopi, the Forest Ranger and the Navajo,—The Lure of the Painted Desert
By Agnes C. Laut
Joe Napyank; or, The River Rifles
By Edward Sylvester Ellis
Sketches from Concord and Appledore Concord thirty years ago; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Louisa M. Alcott; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Matthew Arnold; David A. Wasson; Wendell Phillips; Appledore and its visitors; John Greenleaf Whittier
By Frank Preston Stearns
The Trials of the Soldier's Wife: A Tale of the Second American Revolution
By Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair) Abrams
The Middle Period, 1817-1858
By John William Burgess
The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America
By Thomas Jefferson