Tom Akerley by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
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"Tom Akerley" by Theodore Goodridge Roberts is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the protagonist, Tom Akerley, who is an officer in the Royal Air Force experiencing turmoil after striking a superior officer. Seeking refuge in the remote woods, he finds himself on the run and embroiled in a peculiar situation involving a hermit named Gaspard and his strong-willed granddaughter, Catherine. The opening of the narrative
introduces Akerley in the midst of a crisis, having fled after confronting Colonel Nasher over a fallen comrade. He crashes his airplane and ends up at Gaspard's homestead, where he finds an empty yet inviting space and the mystery surrounding the inhabitants. As Akerley begins to navigate life in the wilderness, he contemplates the peculiar claims of Gaspard, who believes he encountered a devil—Akerley himself. The story unfolds into a blend of adventure and human complexities as Akerley integrates himself into the quiet rural life while dealing with the circumstances of his past, including the repercussions of his previous actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Roberts, Theodore Goodridge, 1877-1953 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Fuhr, E. (Ernest), 1874-1933 |
| LoC No. | 23009458 |
| Title |
Tom Akerley His Adventures in the Tall Timber and at Gaspard's Clearing on the Indian River |
| Alternate Title |
Tom Akerley His Adventures in the Tall Timber and at Gaspard's Clearings on the Indian River |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Canada -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 62652 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-62652-9 |
| Release Date | Jul 15, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 558 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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