In 1828 a stranger named Joseph Dylks appears at a camp meeting in the Leatherwood Creek settlement of Ohio and, little by little, lets his followers believe he is God himself. Drawing on a real case, Howells follows the spread of the belief through the families of the settlement and the doubters who resist it.
A late, penetrating study of faith and imposture by the dean of American realism. Download the free EPUB.
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