
THE MIRACLE MAN
FRANK L. PACKARD
AUTHOR OF GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN, ETC.
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
1914
THE MIRACLE MAN
—I— - THE "ROOST"
—II— - A NEW CULT
—III— - NEEDLEY
—IV— - THE PATRIARCH
In the flickering neon of early twentieth‑century New York, a crippled beggar known only as the Flopper shuffles through the Bowery’s chaotic streets. His twisted posture and ragged clothes make him a haunting silhouette against the bustling crowds of society’s rich and poor alike. As hansom cabs roar and night‑life swells, his desperate cries for a single coin cut through the city’s night‑time chorus.
One evening, after a fire‑truck accident leaves him even more broken, the Flopper begs outside a noisy music hall. A stranger’s small act of generosity sparks a fragile thread of hope that begins to tug at his life’s tangled knots. The narrative follows his struggle to survive amid indifference, while hinting at the possibility that an unexpected miracle may lift him from the shadows.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (372K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Pilar Somoza and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Release date
2005-04-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1877–1942
Best known for creating the gentleman-thief Jimmie Dale, this Canadian novelist mixed high-society mystery with fast-moving adventure. His stories also drew on years spent as a civil engineer, giving many of them a practical, lived-in sense of place.
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