The conquest of Canaan / Booth Tarkington.

What does it mean to be popular? Is it a mark of good character, or merely a sign that you're well-regarded among an influential group of elites? The hero in Booth Tarkington's tale The Conquest of Canaan has achieved a strange kind of popularity -- he's seen as a prince among those w...

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Main Author: Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Auckland] : The Floating Press, [2012]
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Title; Contents; I
  • Enter Chorus; II
  • A Rescue; III
  • Old Hopes; IV
  • The Disaster; V
  • Beaver Beach; VI
  • Ye'll Tak' the High Road and I'll Tak' the Low Road; VII
  • Give a Dog a Bad Name; VIII
  • A Bad Penny Turns Up; IX
  • Outer Darkness
  • X
  • The Tryst; XI
  • When Half-Gods Go; XII
  • To Remain on the Field of Battle is Not Always a Victory; XIII
  • The Watcher and the Warden; XIV
  • White Roses in a Law-Office; XV
  • Happy Fear Gives Himself Up; XVI
  • The Two Canaans; XVII
  • Mr. Sheehan's Hints; XVIII
  • In the Heat of the Day; XIX
  • Eskew Arp; XX
  • Three Are Enlisted.
  • XXI
  • Norbert Waits for JoeXXII
  • Mr. Sheehan Speaks; XXIII
  • Joe Walks Across the Court-House Yard; XXIV
  • Martin Pike Keeps an Engagement; XXV
  • The Jury Comes In; XXVI
  • Ancient of Days.