Excerpt from Jasper Douthit's Story: The Autobiography of a Pioneer We have here a photograph and not a paint ing. Here is a realism that may mar the lit erary attractiveness of the picture, but which greatly enhances its value as the material out of which true history must eventually be written. Mr. Douthit appears in these pages as a chronicler rather than as an historian. He has given us a collection of facts which, superficially studied, may seem tri ing and sometimes grue some, but deeper study, will disclose their ...
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Excerpt from Jasper Douthit's Story: The Autobiography of a Pioneer We have here a photograph and not a paint ing. Here is a realism that may mar the lit erary attractiveness of the picture, but which greatly enhances its value as the material out of which true history must eventually be written. Mr. Douthit appears in these pages as a chronicler rather than as an historian. He has given us a collection of facts which, superficially studied, may seem tri ing and sometimes grue some, but deeper study, will disclose their value as it will reveal high joys and noble convictions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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