The Copperhead | The Copperhead

At a glance:

Author: Harold Frederic
First Published: 1893
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Regional romance
Time of Work: 1860’s
Setting: Four Corners, New York
Principal Characters: Abner Beech, Hurley, Jeff, Esther Hagadorn, Jee Hagadorn, Ni Hagadorn, Jimmy
Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
Subjects: Values, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Abolitionists, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Friendship, Civil War, Farms, farmers, or farming, Fire
Locales: New York

The Story:

Abner Beech was a stalwart, shaggy man, who had often been supervisor of his district. Jimmy, who was an orphan, went to live with him when he was six or seven years old. Abner was a town leader, a great reader, and he owned more books than most people did in Dearborn County, located in Northern New York State.

For some reason, Abner Beech violently hated the Abolitionists. The first Abolitionist in Dearborn County, as far as Jimmy knew, was old Jee Hagadorn, but now nearly everyone except Abner Beech shared the old man’s sentiments. Because the...

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