The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

It is as wonderful as I remember it. My father first read this book to me when I was a child. I, in turn, have read it to my children and grandchildren. A fitting tribute to a great state.

Wish I had read it before I took that magical ride through Kingdom Come. Grateful and anxious to feel it's magic again. See all 17 reviews. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Classic American Westerns Book 4. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item? There's a problem loading this menu right now.

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During the following months, Major Buford tries his best to turn Chad from a mountain man into a southern gentleman. However, at various social gatherings It is pretty much a shame this a much forgotten movie Jimmie Rogers, the pop singer from the 50s and 60s made his film debut as Chad, just Chad as a sort of homeless boy who is taken in by a family during the civil war and given food, shelter and a chance to work in the family business of farming and tree cutting.

Chad is not illiterate, but is not too familiar with the ways of the world at that time during the pre and first days of the civil war. Rogers is looking to build a life and basically wanders to find his place in life. He has a romantic interest in the lovely Luana Patten Song of the South as Jenny but roams off to Lexington, Kentucky in the final months before the civil war.

Here he is sort of discovered by a wealthy businessman played by Chill Wills, who takes him into his household as a son of his own, although Wills never has had children. Rogers wants to get a college education and Wills is only happy to provide the money to send him to a prestigious university in Lexington Rogers then falls in love with a local lady whose father is a very influential man in local circles in Lexington.

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With the outbreak of the civil war Rogers decides to join the Yankee army, thus rejecting his southern upbringing. After fighting in the war and becoming an officer Rogers decides to return to his original hometown and rekindles his romance with the lovely Patten. This is a sort of folk type movie with local spins, and you can really get attached to the character Rogers provides. George Kennedy plays a heavy, a nasty local landowner who thinks that Rogers owes him work since the people Rogers lived with died and left their obligations still unpaid.

Pretty much a down home type western Sad, this film has never been put on video, but recently was on the Fox movie station on television Good film for the whole family to watch, nothing objectionable. Start your free trial. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!

Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. An orphan fights for the north in the Civil War, then returns to his girlfriend in Kentucky. The Greatest Westerns I've Seen.

Share this Rating Title: An eagle swept over this head, as he rose, and the soft patter of feet sounded behind him. It was Jack trotting after him. He stooped and took the old dog in his arms. Written in the local-color fictional style similar to Mark Twain and others. As a ten year old it was my most favortist book in the whole wide world.

This was the book that introduced me to the Civil War. I would cry at the end every time. Now 48 yrs later there are just a few moments where the story comes back to me. I am enjoying the reread. Dec 02, Bill Lively rated it really liked it. John Fox spent time in the Kingdom Come area talking to people and listening to their stories.

Later, in his books, he included many of these stories. His described a culture and society of Appalachia that no longer exists. Aug 27, Ashley Lawson rated it it was amazing. Easily one of my favorite books of all times!!! Nov 23, Jake Mcconnell rated it it was amazing. After his family dies of sickness, Chad wanders until he is taken in by another mountain family. He quickly ingratiates himself to them by his quick wits and his ability to excel at almost any pursuit he attempts, becoming a valuable member of their clan.

He is also taken under the wing of the local schoolmaster, who sees promise in th A spellbinding account of Kentucky during the Civil War, The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come follows the life of a young boy in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. He is also taken under the wing of the local schoolmaster, who sees promise in the boy and thinks he could do well at the college in Lexington. Of course, the specter of the Civil War is looming on the horizon, and will have an effect on how everything plays out, both in the mountains and the "Bluegrass Settlements".

Students of history will appreciate the description of some of the battles in Kentucky: The description of the mountaineers floating down the Kentucky River to Lexington from the mountains is especially interesting to me as well, because in modern times, the feat is no longer possible or at the very least is exponentially more difficult due to the creation of 14 locks and dams to prevent flooding and provide drinking water. Most importantly, the book shows how divided Kentucky was during the Civil War, perhaps moreso than almost any other state.

Wonderful story This is the third book on Kentucky that I've read in the past 3 months. My family is from Kentucky and I wanted to read some history, especially about the south central and eastern part. Hillbilly Elegy was history and I learned some things about the migration of the "hillbillies" to the north to better themselves and their struggles to fit in. I found it hard to read about the authors own dysfunctional to put it mildly family, however.

I can't remember title or author of the sec Wonderful story This is the third book on Kentucky that I've read in the past 3 months.

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I can't remember title or author of the second book, but it was a history of where the people of Appalachia came from and how they came to be in Kentucky. It told of the beauty of the land but also how over the years it was stripped and how the people were used and deceived by big corporations, especially in the coal mining business.

Talked about politics and poverty, etc. The little Shepherd was a beautifully written novel which took place before and during the Civil War. So I learned something new from each book. This is the story of Chad, an orphan from the Appalachian Mountains, who goes to school in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.

Fox compared the mountain people and the Kentucky "aristocracy". What fascinated me was the portrayal of the effect of the civil war as Fox pitted brother against brother. He showed the fierce loyalty to the concept of the Union and the Constitution to the fierce loyalty to the State and values of the South. This was the first of Fox's Mountain trilogy. As well I thoroughly This is the story of Chad, an orphan from the Appalachian Mountains, who goes to school in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. As well I thoroughly enjoyed The Trail of Lonesome Pine which depicts the Appalachians at the turn of the twentieth century.

I look forward to reading the last in the trilogy, The Heart of the Hills.

May 21, Daniel Greear rated it it was amazing Shelves: What a fantastic book. Fox's writing style is beautiful and his characters are original and relatable. I loved this book, probably even more so than I did the Trail of the Lonesome Pine. I wish Hollywood would do a remake of the film. Jan 27, Kevin Giles rated it it was amazing. I read this novel in my formative years. It left a powerful influence on me.

Even now, long into adulthood, I consider "Little Shepherd" one of the best books I ever read. Sep 15, AJ rated it really liked it. I'm surprised I enjoyed this book as much as I did. I wouldn't call it a page turner but I did look forward to each chapter each time I picked the book up. I believe the book was written about but first published in It was a top 10 best seller in both and The story takes place in Kentucky roughly , the lead up to and through the Civil War. Great descriptions of pioneer life in the Kentucky mountains and contrasted with the "settlements" life of the Bluegrass in Lexi I'm surprised I enjoyed this book as much as I did.

Great descriptions of pioneer life in the Kentucky mountains and contrasted with the "settlements" life of the Bluegrass in Lexington. Kingdom Come is a fictional name but real area in Kentucky. Kingdom Come State park in Cumberland is named after this book. I was fascinated by the characters ideals and philosophies being written only 30 some years removed from the end of the Civil War. The struggle for neutrality, the pulls of loyalties, the description of slavery NOT on plantations of the Antebellum South, the friction within families and friends over loyalty.

All in all it was a good book. Though I did find the unrequited love triangle tiring. And often the author got carried away on really verbose and riddle filled descriptions. I had to slug through them. It's rather interesting that this book came out about 8 years after Red Badge of Courage yet Stephen Crane's book is the far more popular story. I enjoyed Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come much more. Dec 31, L. Chadwick Buford is a Kentucky foundling with the unnatural luck to keep getting complete strangers to take him and raise him for a bit. After his foster parents die, Chad is taken in by the Turner family.

Young daughter Melissa Turner falls in love with him. When Chad is separted from the Turners, he's then taken in by Major Buford.