"Gilbert Holmes' youth, spent on the prairies of west central Illinois during the 1820s and 1830s, is the theme which gives continuity to an historical novel of amazing depth and breadth. When Gilbert's parents die, leaving him a ward of his maiden aunt Jane Holmes, Gilbert runs away to join his maternal relative Job Throckmorton. Gilbert's flight from the authorities who wish to return him to his legal guardian brings him into contact with various people of historic significance, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, and Black Hawk; and presents an accurate, though romanticized panoramic view of life in early Illinois that has been equaled by few writers before or since. The Romance of Gilbert Holmes is quaint in style, but rugged, powerful, dramatic, and beautifully spellbinding-a narrative which ranks with the best of American literature." N. Y. Times Book Review, 11/10/1900.
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