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Excerpt from Helen Halsey, or the Swamp State of Conelachita: A Tale of the Borders Ton fields, or yellow corn yet bristling in unbroken rows. At the close of the day, 1 had reached a cabin where I found shelter for the night, and at early dawn, i again set forth, with the promise of another day of generous sunshine. This day was consumed like the last, and with equal satis faction to myself. The buoyant spirit of youth rises in exultation in any exercise, which seems to impart equal freedom to soul and body: and there is something of the same triumphant pulse in the heart, ga110ping over the prairies, ov er the hills, or through the long cathedral ranges of gigantic pine forests, which one feels on the deck of a fine ship, careering over the billows of the broad Atlantic, with a breeze that sends the foam flying at every plunge, from the bold prow of the imperial vessel. The man is wonderfully lifted with the conscious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
"Helen Halsey is a 'tale of passion, ' in which the heroine is exploited and victimized in a domestic situation from which there is no escape. The teen-age daughter of a well-meaning but weak father who collaborates in crime with the outlaw gang ruled by his vicious and vindictive brother, Helen is forced by her uncle into marriage with her lover, who has followed her into the 'swamp state of Conelachita, ' the brotherhood's extensive, well-guarded, almost impregnable hide-out presumably located within the borders of Mississippi and/or Louisiana."--Jacket.
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