The Touch Of Abner

The Touch of Abner is the story of Abner Andrews, a cranky old farmer who makes a false promise of giving a thousand dollars to a new orphanage. The question throughout the novel is how he will fulfill his commitment as he now lacks such a huge amount of money. The task looks even more unattainable with his crooked lawyer. He takes on his nemesis and acquaintances with impulsive enthusiasm, resulting in chaos. Abner suffers a few falls along the way because of his irritable temper. One unique character trait of the old farmer is that he amuses himself by telling lies and purposely mishearing people for comic effect. This light-hearted story full of humor delights the readers with its lifelike characters and exciting plot.

Excerpt from The Touch of Abner A ripple of amusement passed through the assembly, and there were numerous whispered conversations. In. Stead of being very indignant at what Abner had said, all, except Isaac Dimock, were inclined to treat the countryman's cutting words as a joke. They wondered, nevertheless, at the otter he had made of one thousand dollars. The reporter kept steadily on with his writing. Lie was alive to the situation, and chuckled to himself as he thought of the stirring article he would have for The Live Wire in the morning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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