Project Gutenberg 2010-09-26 Public domain in the USA. 467 Woolson, Constance Fenimore 1840 1894 March, Anne Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches Rodman the Keeper -- Sister St. Luke -- Miss Elizabetha -- Old Gardiston -- The South Devil -- In the Cotton Country -- Felipa -- "Bro." -- King David -- Up in the Blue Ridge Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches" by Constance Fenimore Woolson is a collection of character-driven sketches written in the late 19th century. The book provides a vivid portrayal of life in the post-Civil War South, particularly focusing on the somber reflections of its main character, John Rodman, who serves as the keeper of a national cemetery. As he navigates his solitude and encounters the memories of the soldiers buried there, the sketches explore themes of loss, duty, and the complex beauty of the Southern landscape." "At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to John Rodman sitting in the doorway of his cottage, reflecting on both his duties as a keeper of the graves of fallen soldiers and the isolation that accompanies them. The cemetery itself is enriched with the memories and stories of those who laid down their lives for their causes, and Rodman is portrayed as a man weighed by both the weight of history and his singular existence amid the ruins of pride and loss. His interactions with local townsfolk reveal an underlying tension between North and South, punctuated by moments of self-reflection and humanity as he tends to the graves of the fourteen thousand soldiers committed to rest there. This opening sets the stage for Rodman's journey through memories, melancholy, and a supreme sense of obligation to honor the fallen." (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/33813/33813-h/images/cover.jpg http://book.klll.cc/files/33813/33813-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Southern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 708674 2025-06-14T03:35:05.546097 text/html 713264 2012-02-08T07:01:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 369831 2012-02-08T07:07:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 378222 2025-06-14T03:35:13.730028 application/epub+zip 388318 2025-06-14T03:35:06.469061 application/epub+zip 337778 2025-06-14T03:35:05.995083 application/epub+zip 580298 2025-06-14T03:35:19.360010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 548538 2025-06-14T03:35:13.129028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498257 2022-09-15T11:56:42.087959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 669941 2025-06-14T03:35:04.242096 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 669672 2012-02-08T06:59:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 260538 2012-02-08T07:07:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 669671 2012-02-08T06:59:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 260473 2012-02-08T07:07:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21679 2025-06-14T03:35:19.511993 application/rdf+xml 25035 2025-06-14T03:35:06.098091 image/jpeg 3259 2025-06-14T03:35:06.046087 image/jpeg 370514 2025-06-14T03:35:05.613050 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