The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky

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The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky

by Everett MacDonald

EN·~8 hours·45 chapters

Chapters

45 total

E-text prepared by David Garcia, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/)

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THE RED DEBT - ECHOES FROM KENTUCKY - By Everett MacDonald - ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF WILLIAM OBERHARDT

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE RED DEBT

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CHAPTER I - A MIGHTY MAN

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CHAPTER II - BELLE-ANN BENSON

11:20

CHAPTER III - THE TRAITOR

17:04

CHAPTER IV - AN ULTIMATUM

17:26

CHAPTER V - ORLICK'S MONEY SPURNED

16:29

CHAPTER VI - UPON THE ALTAR

15:02

Description

The opening immerses you in the rugged splendor of the Kentucky highlands, where moonlit peaks loom over tangled valleys and fierce rivers carve their way through ancient stone. Amid this untamed landscape a powerful clan, led by the imposing Cap Lutts, clings to a centuries‑old feudal rule, their stronghold perched like a silver brocade against the night sky. The narrative paints vivid pictures of leaf‑covered ridges, roaring waters, and the whispering wilderness that seems alive with hidden histories.

Against this backdrop, a younger generation of bush‑whackers, headed by the determined Sap McGill, rises to challenge the old order. Their vendetta against the Lutts promises a clash of pride, loyalty, and survival, while the land itself becomes a character that both shelters and threatens. As tensions flare, listeners are drawn into a world where nature’s raw beauty and human ambition collide, setting the stage for a gripping saga of conflict and legacy.

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Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (473K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

May 6, 2011

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Everett MacDonald

Set in the Kentucky highlands, this early 20th-century novelist is remembered today for The Red Debt, a dramatic story of family conflict, rough local politics, and the pull of religion and redemption. Although little biographical information is easy to confirm, the surviving work suggests a writer deeply interested in Appalachian life and its tensions.

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