Project Gutenberg 2009-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 186 Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart 1844 1911 Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Phelps, E. Stuart (Elizabeth Stuart) Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) 1861 1932 Merrill, Frank T. 1848 1923 Merrill, F. T. Merrill, Frank Thayer A Lost Hero E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "A Lost Hero" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Herbert D. Ward is a novel written in the early 1890s, during the late 19th century. The book addresses themes of heroism and self-sacrifice, illustrating how ordinary individuals can perform extraordinary acts of bravery in the face of danger. It showcases the interactions between various social classes and races in a tense moment of crisis, suggesting that true heroism often remains unrecognized. The story centers around a young boy named Donny de Mone, who goes to meet his father arriving on a train in Summerville, South Carolina, during an earthquake. As chaos ensues, Donny finds himself separated from his father after a violent tremor strikes the area. Amid the panic, he encounters an old Negro man who, despite being poor and on his way to see his dying daughter, acts heroically by placing warning torpedoes on the tracks to stop the incoming train, thereby saving its passengers. Ultimately, the old man's identity remains a mystery as he disappears into the night after saving many lives, raising poignant questions about the nature of heroism and recognition in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en African Americans -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 70719 2025-08-11T12:47:08.481641 text/html 66160 2009-02-12T17:12:01 text/html 1473528 2025-08-11T12:47:11.384623 application/epub+zip 1472166 2025-08-11T12:47:09.209664 application/epub+zip 267193 2025-08-11T12:47:08.838668 application/epub+zip 1513618 2025-08-11T12:47:13.168636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1317918 2025-08-11T12:47:10.998597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116105 2022-09-13T06:44:54.383233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46543 2025-08-11T12:47:08.158617 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46156 2021-01-04T17:49:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46176 2021-01-04T17:49:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21670 2025-08-11T12:47:13.335609 application/rdf+xml 16694 2025-08-11T12:47:08.911658 image/jpeg 2504 2025-08-11T12:47:08.876611 image/jpeg 18036 2021-01-04T17:49:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 1433688 2021-01-04T17:49:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 18034 2021-01-04T17:49:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 1438319 2025-08-11T12:47:08.563615 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia