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Title: Gabriel Tolliver
A Story of Reconstruction

Author: Joel Chandler Harris

Release Date: July 3, 2010 [EBook #33058]

Language: English

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GABRIEL TOLLIVER

_A Story of Reconstruction_

By JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

_Author of "Uncle Remus," "The Making of a Statesman," etc._

McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
NEW YORK
1902

COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

_Published, October, 1902 R_

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To James Whitcomb Riley

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CONTENTS

_Prelude_

CHAPTER ONE _Kettledrum and Fife_

CHAPTER TWO _A Town with a History_

CHAPTER THREE _The Return of Two Warriors_

CHAPTER FOUR _Mr. Goodlett's Passengers_

CHAPTER FIVE _The Story of Margaret Gaither_

CHAPTER SIX _The Passing of Margaret_

CHAPTER SEVEN _Silas Tomlin Goes A-Calling_

CHAPTER EIGHT _The Political Machine Begins Its Work_

CHAPTER NINE _Nan and Gabriel_

CHAPTER TEN _The Troubles of Nan_

CHAPTER ELEVEN _Mr. Sanders in His Cups_

CHAPTER TWELVE _Caught in a Corner_

CHAPTER THIRTEEN _The Union League Organises_

CHAPTER FOURTEEN _Nan and Her Young Lady Friends_

CHAPTER FIFTEEN _Silas Tomlin Scents Trouble_

CHAPTER SIXTEEN _Silas Tomlin Finds Trouble_

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN _Rhody Has Something to Say_

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN _The Knights of the White Camellia_

CHAPTER NINETEEN _Major Tomlin Perdue Arrives_

CHAPTER TWENTY _Gabriel at the Big Poplar_

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE _Bridalbin Follows Gabriel_

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO _The Fate of Mr. Hotchkiss_

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE _Mr. Sanders Searches for Evidence_

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR _Captain Falconer Makes Suggestions_

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