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The Shepherd of the Hills

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A cultured stranger arrives in the misty Ozark hills and becomes a shepherdly presence whose quiet wisdom reshapes a tight-knit mountain community. Relationships with youngsters such as Sammy Lane and a young woman named Ollie Stewart expose tensions of ambition, love, pride, and buried family secrets while hardships like drought and poverty intensify dilemmas. Episodes of challenge, letters, contests, and small-town gossip test loyalties; acts of service, forgiveness, and moral courage prompt personal change. The narrative traces how patient guidance and simple virtues lead to reconciliation and altered lives, and it returns years later to show the lasting effects on people and place.

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Title: The Shepherd of the Hills

Author: Harold Bell Wright

Release date: December 1, 2003 [eBook #4735]
Most recently updated: July 28, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Jim Weiler and Robert Rowe

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The Shepherd of the Hills

by Harold Bell Wright

1907