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The Missionary Sheriff / Being incidents in the life of a plain man who tried to do his duty

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A collection of episodic tales centers on a blunt, compassionate county sheriff who balances law enforcement with steady moral sympathy. Through incidents involving fraudulent preachers, hypnotists, jail scenes, domestic troubles, and small-town pageants, he confronts deception, folly, and suffering while tending to prisoners, supporting community rituals, and aiding dependents. Episodes spotlight the sheriff's plainspoken wisdom, physical courage, and modest generosity, and they sketch a varied cast of townspeople whose failings prompt practical lessons in duty, mercy, and neighborliness. The narrative emphasizes everyday detail and moral observation over melodrama, presenting social sketches united by the sheriff's effort to do his duty with humanity.

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Title: The Missionary Sheriff

Author: Octave Thanet

Illustrator: Clifford Carleton

A. B. Frost

Release date: February 8, 2022 [eBook #67357]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897

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THE MISSIONARY SHERIFF

BEING
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A PLAIN MAN
WHO TRIED TO DO HIS DUTY

BY
OCTAVE THANET

ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. FROST AND CLIFFORD CARLETON

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1897

Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers.

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