The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is a 1903 Kentucky Civil War novel by John Fox Jr. The novel tells the rags-to-respectability tale of orphan Chad Buford. It was the first novel to sell a million copies in the US. Chad is a confused young man growing up in 1860s Kentucky. Sheltered from his brutal guardian by a friendly schoolmaster, he learns to love the tiny village of Kingdom Come and has no...