On the Suwanee River — Opie Read

Opie Percival Read (b. December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.In On the Suwanee River, Read brings together everything one could hope for in a turn-of-the-century romance novel - a blustering, posturing land seller; a spoiled debutante who finally gets the man she deserves; a preacher who can't decide whether to preach or pray; a blackmailer; a train-robber gone good; a worried mother; and, a heroine with an uncertain and checkered past.Presented without sexual overtones, On the Suwanee River is an entertaining book suitable for adults and young people, as well.