The Peculiar People

by Jan de Hartog

The final novel, covering the 1830s, in a trilogy on the Quakers in the United States. The struggles within the church are chronicled through the lives of Mordecai Monk, who becomes a Society of Friends evangelist, and Lydia Best, an Indiana schoolteacher who champions the rights of Indians and escaped slaves. Sequel to Lamb's War (RC 15784) but can stand alone. Some descriptions of sex. 1992.