The Making of Major by Mrs. Frank Lee
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ePublished by
Jan. 2017
Originally published 1913
Fiction, Mrs. Frank Lee, Christian, youth
Author: Mrs. Frank Lee
ePublished by
Jan. 2017
Originally published 1913
Fiction, Mrs. Frank Lee, Christian, youth
Author: Mrs. Frank Lee
Published originally in 1913, The Making of Major is an exciting and deeply satisfying novel about a family of West Michiganders, three orphans and their aunt, who emigrate to Kansas in the 1880s to take advantage of the Homestead Act. Their adventures and misadventures while “proving up” on their homestead claim are written with special concentration on the youngest of the children, thirteen-year-old Major, whose character and courage are tested and not found wanting. In fact, the family’s difficulties in Kansas end up honing his character instead of weakening it. Hence the title.
Mrs. Frank Lee—born Mary Chappell Skeel—is probably the greatest writer the average reader never heard of. The style and moral messages of her novels will remind the reader of Horatio Alger or George Alfred Henty, both contemporaries of hers... and her writing does not suffer by the comparison.
Mrs. Frank Lee—born Mary Chappell Skeel—is probably the greatest writer the average reader never heard of. The style and moral messages of her novels will remind the reader of Horatio Alger or George Alfred Henty, both contemporaries of hers... and her writing does not suffer by the comparison.