Project Gutenberg 2005-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 137 Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius) 1877 1942 The Miracle Man Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Pilar Somoza and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Miracle Man" by Frank L. Packard is a novel written in the early 20th century. It tells the story of a group of characters drawn together by the allure of a supposed miracle worker, the Patriarch, who resides in a small, isolated town in Needley, Maine. The main characters include the Flopper, a physically deformed man, and the cunning Doc Madison, who plans to exploit the Patriarch's reputation to create a profitable sham of a faith-healing cult. At the start of the narrative, the Flopper is introduced in a vivid scene, highlighting his struggle in the rough environment of the Bowery and establishing the grim reality of his life. As he navigates the bustling streets, we see a glimpse of his aspirations for sympathy and generosity from the crowd he encounters. The opening sets the stage for the main plot, which revolves around Doc Madison’s plan to manipulate the town’s spiritual leader for financial gain through fraudulent healings, while also establishing the relationships among the characters that will drive the story forward. The story promises a mix of themes including exploitation, faith, and the dynamics of trust that will unfold as the characters interact with each other and the enigmatic figure of the Patriarch. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Maine -- Fiction People with disabilities -- Fiction Poor -- Fiction Canadian fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 432718 431672 2024-09-07T05:55:33.142497 2023-09-07T07:47:24.337652 text/html text/html 456368 2020-12-14T09:52:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 161887 2020-12-14T09:52:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 207548 2024-09-07T05:55:39.745461 application/epub+zip 214835 2024-09-07T05:55:34.620456 application/epub+zip 214835 2024-09-07T05:55:33.742484 application/epub+zip 411375 2024-09-07T05:55:43.860389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385294 2024-09-07T05:55:39.139443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385332 2022-09-07T22:33:19.872858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405596 405515 2024-09-07T05:55:32.213441 2023-09-07T07:47:23.482694 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 405473 2020-12-14T09:52:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154725 2020-12-14T09:52:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 405466 2020-12-14T09:52:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154693 2020-12-14T09:52:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20884 2024-09-07T05:55:43.993412 application/rdf+xml 13756 2024-09-07T05:55:34.097438 image/jpeg 3599 2024-09-07T05:55:33.918442 image/jpeg 204499 2024-09-07T05:55:33.179467 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia