The Travels of Increase Joseph
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The Travels of Increase Joseph

A Historical Novel about a Pioneer Preacher

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The Travels of Increase Joseph

A Historical Novel about a Pioneer Preacher

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Plum Falls, New York, 1840s: Dismissed from Harvard Divinity School for his liberal views, Increase Joseph Link arrives home with a heavy heart. He gives up his dream of becoming a minister to settle for life on the farm, until the day he is struck by lightning and hears a voice telling him to rise and speak. Heeding that voice, Increase becomes a preacher, advocating for environmental protection and the end of slavery and war. His growing band of followers calls itself the Standalone Fellowship, and they accompany him on his move west to Wisconsin, to a place of better land and opportunity.
Link Lake, Wisconsin, 1852: Preacher Increase Link and the Standalone Fellowship settle near a lake that they name in his honor. Increase's gifted tongue calls people to his mission to protect the land: "Unless we take care of the land we shall all perish." To finance the fellowship activities, Increase sells his special cure-all tonic—fifty cents per bottle!
Inspired by actual events that took place in upstate New York and Wisconsin in the mid-nineteenth century, The Travels of Increase Joseph is the first in Jerry Apps's series set in fictional Ames County, Wisconsin. The four novels in the series—which also includes In a Pickle, Blue Shadows Farm, and the forthcoming Cranberry Red —all take place around Link Lake at different points in history. They convey Apps's deep knowledge of rural life and his own concern for land stewardship.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780299247539
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. The Truth of the Matter
  3. 1. Tossed Out
  4. 2. Lightning Strikes
  5. 3. Preaching
  6. 4. Leaving Home
  7. 5. Buffalo
  8. 6. Onward to the West
  9. 7. Naming The Lake
  10. 8. Village of Link Lake
  11. 9. Henry and Abigail
  12. 10. Tent Preaching
  13. 11. Not Listening
  14. 12. First Winter
  15. 13. The People from Pow-Aw-Hay-Kon-Nay
  16. 14. Spiritual Challenge
  17. 15. Cheyenne Valley
  18. 16. Underground Railroad
  19. 17. Isaac and Caroline
  20. 18. Slave Catchers
  21. 19. Sandstorm
  22. 20. A Nation at War with Itself
  23. 21. War Troubles
  24. 22. Vision Quest
  25. 23. The Broadax Situation
  26. 24. Milk Cows
  27. 25. Fire at Peshtigo
  28. 26. Increase Joseph Recovers
  29. 27. The Marriage of Little Joe
  30. 28. Problems with Progress
  31. 29. World's Fair
  32. 30. Transition
  33. Acknowledgments