Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 272 Fox, John, Jr. 1862 1919 Fox, John Fox, John William, Jr. Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay) 1875 1933 Yohn, Frederick Coffay Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories Christmas Eve On Lonesome -- The Army Of The Callahan -- The Pardon Of Becky Day -- A Crisis For The Guard -- Christmas Night With Satan. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Dave Morgan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories" by John Fox, Jr. is a collection of short stories published in the early 20th century that explores themes of love, vengeance, and the complexity of human emotions, all set against the backdrop of the Appalachian region. The opening story introduces a character named Buck, who contemplates his past filled with regret and a desire for revenge as he navigates a snowy landscape during Christmas Eve, only to be confronted by unexpected emotional ties that change the course of his intentions. The beginning of "Christmas Eve on Lonesome" sets a vivid scene as the reader is introduced to Buck, a man haunted by memories of betrayal and the loss of his family, as he prepares to confront an enemy he has longed to punish. As he rides through the snow, Buck’s thoughts drift from his vengeance to the light in his enemy's window, which reveals a painful connection to his past: the woman he loved, once thought to be lost to him, is now married to the man he blames for his suffering. As Buck witnesses a child playing in the warm light of that home, he is torn between his desire for retribution and the realization that love and forgiveness may be more potent than hate. This opening sets the tone for the emotional and moral dilemmas that run throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mountain life -- Fiction Cumberland Mountains -- Fiction Kentucky -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 145730 2025-06-05T04:26:24.506285 text/html 141375 2020-12-20T03:44:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 195848 2020-12-20T03:44:56 text/html application/zip 283027 2025-06-05T04:26:31.679270 application/epub+zip 283283 2025-06-05T04:26:28.087291 application/epub+zip 117346 2025-06-05T04:26:26.734294 application/epub+zip 460710 2025-06-05T04:26:34.272251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444679 2025-06-05T04:26:30.739280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268185 2022-09-05T09:42:37.685888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130924 2025-06-05T04:26:23.959290 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132155 2020-12-20T03:44:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50761 2020-12-20T03:44:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20285 2025-06-05T04:26:34.438238 application/rdf+xml 19285 2025-06-05T04:26:27.303269 image/jpeg 4125 2025-06-05T04:26:27.011285 image/jpeg 277109 2025-06-05T04:26:24.535288 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia