The Sheriff of the Beech Fork

"The Sheriff of the Beech Fork" continues the adventures of 15-year-old Owen Howard and Martin Cooper in the early 19th century Kentucky wilderness, as begun in "The Cave by the Beech Fork." Having befriended the deputy sheriff, Richard Lane (better known as Coon-Hollow Jim), they are invited to accompany him on a hand-hewn raft of poplar beams to New Orleans. Here, in a portion of the United States only recently purchased from the French and defended from the invading British, they hoped to deliver the produce of the Bardstown farmers to market. Along the way they encounter many adventures that test not only their courage but also their wisdom and their trust in God.

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Henry Stanislaus Spalding was born in January 1865, the fifth of eleven children of William and Isabel Spalding of Bardstown, Kentucky-six of whom eventually entered the religious life. The Spaldings themselves came from a long line of devout Catholics who were among the early settlers of the Colony of Maryland, and could count among their family relations not one, but two bishops: The Most Reverend Martin John Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore and The Most Reverend John Lancaster Spalding, first Bishop of Peoria. As a Jesuit priest, Spalding taught at Creighton, Marquette and Loyola Universities, helped establish the Medical schools of the last two, and wrote or edited seven books on ethics and sociology. However, he is best known for his adventure stories, which captured the imagination of a generation of readers. (bio of Rev. Henry S. Spalding copyright 2016 by St. Augustine Academy Press)