Charles Neville Buck

Destiny (Dodo Press) Charles Neville Buck

Charles Neville Buck (1879-1930) was the author of The Key to Yesterday (1910), The Lighted Match (1911), The Portal of Dreams (1912), The Call of the Cumberlands (1913), The Battle Cry (1914), The Code of the Mountains (1915), Destiny (1916), The Tyranny of Weakness (1917), When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry (1918), A Pagan of the Hills (1919), The Tempering (1920), The Roof Tree (1921), Alias Red Ryan (1923), The Rogue's Badge (1924) and The Flight to the Hills (1926). "OUTSIDE the subtle clarion of autumn's dying glory flamed in the torches of the maples and smoldered in the burgundy of the oaks. It trailed a veil of rose-ash and mystery along the slopes of the White Mountains, and inside the crumbling schoolhouse the children droned sleepily over their books like prisoners in a lethargic mutiny. "