The Roadmender

The Roadmender

"The Roadmender" is a 1902 Christian spiritual book by Margaret Barber, writing under the pseudonym Michael Fairless. The book was enormously popular in its time, running through 31 editions in 10 years.

The book is written as a series of meditations on the road to heaven with the author adopting the persona of the roadmender.It was published with illustrations by the turn of the century artist Will G. Mein.

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*" [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/705 The Roadmender] " at Project Gutenberg


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