John Andrews has given up his saloon, to the disbelief of the men who think a wife should have no say in how the living is earned. Around his choice Harper builds a story of two paths, following those who resist drink and those who sell or drown in it, with love affairs and ruin along the way.
A temperance novel serialized in the 1870s by the pioneering African American poet and novelist of Iola Leroy. Download the free EPUB.