The Story of Joan of Arc by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton

Finally, I have found time to read a book and now to share it with you. My deep appreciation for our history, and Biblical History in general, led me to read The Story of Joan of Arc. How touching it was to get a glimpse into the life of this sweet innocent. This was an enlightening story, and a very short read. Amazing it was to see how much life could be shared within a short 137 pages.

Here's a few excerpts from The Story of Joan of Arc:

Page 29:
But Jeanne stood firm.  "She had always obeyed her parents in everything save in the matter of the trial at Toul," she said sadly in later days.  It was a foretaste of martyrdom, for to some sensitive natures, defiance of the wishes of those loved most tenderly is worse than bodily death.

Page 61:
And as she spoke she raised to heaven her shining eyes in a gaze which was full of hope and joy and clear vision of things unseen.

Page 93:
But what was the King about, or La Tremouille, or the forces inside Compiegne which she had led to the relief of that city?  Did they attempt her rescue?  Did they at least begin to open negotiations for her ransom as a prisoner of war?  Nothing of the kind.

Page 119:
"If I were at judgment; if I saw the fire kindled and the faggots ablaze, and the executioner ready to stir the fire; and if I were in the fire, I would say no more, and till death I will maintain what I have said is the truth."

I would be happy to share the entirety of the book right here if I could... haha... but we know I can't.  Anyway, if you can't find it at your local library, you can find it here at AbeBooks.com.

John Brown by Jeanette Covert Nolan

Being a citizen of the United States of America, and now living in the southern states, I find myself sort of magnetized to this country's history, namely the Civil War.  My girls and I took another beloved trip to the library a week ago where we checked out "John Brown" written by Jeanette Covert Nolan.  This book is quite dated, yet very nicely tells the story of Old John Brown.  Seems to be written to the pre-teen crowd, but I'm a bit older than the pre-teen crowd and I enjoyed reading through it.  It's a smooth read - with that aged eloquent vocabulary.

An excerpt from Jeanette Covert Nolan's "John Brown":

"I have, may it please the court, a few words to say...  I deny everything but what I have all along admitted a design on my part to free slaves.  That was all I intended.  I never did intend to murder, or treason, or the destruction of property... Had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, it would have been all right.  Every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment."

"I say I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons.  I believe that to have interfered in behalf of His despised poor was not wrong, but right.  Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments -- I say, let it be done."

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