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The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
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Set among the hemp fields of Kentucky, this novel follows a young man whose study of science and Darwinian evolution shakes his faith and estranges him from his religious community. It suits readers interested in American regional fiction and conflicts between science and religion.
James Lane Allen
James Lane Allen was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late 19th-century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist".
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