02117cam a22003853u 4500 59845 UtSlPG 20260610134358.0 m cr n 260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Wilson, Margaret, 1882-1973 The Able McLaughlins Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2019 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Able_McLaughlins Release date is 2019-07-01 E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/) "The Able McLaughlins" by Margaret Wilson is a novel published in 1923. Set in pioneer Iowa during the Civil War era, it follows Wully McLaughlin, a young soldier who returns home to discover his sweetheart Christie has been violated by the community's scoundrel. In a bold act of devotion, Wully marries Christie and claims her child as his own. When her attacker returns, Wully must confront him with vengeance in his heart. This Pulitzer Prize-winning story captures the struggles and resilience of a Scottish immigrant family on the prairie. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Farm life -- Fiction Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction Husband and wife -- Fiction Rape victims -- Fiction United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Fiction Iowa -- Fiction Scottish Americans -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59845 100671 100671