02261cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500550014326400510019830000470024933600260029633700260032233800360034850000310038450802140041552011520062953400450178165300730182685600430189999900170194235206UtSlPG20260610133814.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aOptic, Oliver,d1822-189710aBrother Against Brother; Or, The War on the Border 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2011-02-07  aE-text prepared by David Garcia, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/)  a"Brother Against Brother; Or, The War on the Border" by Oliver Optic is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set during the tumultuous times preceding the American Civil War, the story revolves around two families divided by their loyalties to the Union and the Confederacy. The opening introduces the Lyon family, who face escalating tensions in Kentucky, a border state grappling with conflicting ideologies as their neighbors take opposing sides in the looming conflict.  At the start of the narrative, a heated conversation unfolds between Noah Lyon and his son Dexter about the political unrest in Kentucky, highlighted by the actions of Noah’s brother, Titus, who has become a fervent Secessionist. Their discussion reveals underlying family conflicts and concerns regarding the safety and values of those living in a divided nation. Tensions escalate as they anticipate potential repercussions from their neighbor Titus, indicating broader themes of family loyalty, moral dilemmas, and the impact of war on personal relationships that will likely play out throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35206  c76051d76051