Jan 1, 2010
John Barrington Ashley, later James Tolland, a mining engineer falsely convicted of murder in Coaltown, Illinois, who escapes to Chile. He is “neither dark nor light, tall nor short, fat nor thin, bright nor dull”; that is, he is a typical Midwesterner. He is a creative tinkerer, a hard worker, and an active humanitarian of great energy of mind and body who deplores sloth and despair. Although he is areligious, he has faith and aids others in their religious pursuits and beliefs. He is the personification of charity, and he embodies the best virtues of...
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