How John Became a Man: Life Story of a Motherless Boy

The Project Gutenberg eBook, How John Became a Man, by Isabel C. Byrum
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Learning to Pray
LIFE STORY OF A MOTHERLESS BOY
By ISABEL C. BYRUM
In presenting this little volume, the author hopes that it may be useful in suggesting to the minds of young boys the great wrong there is in indulging in evil habits.
We read, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, and this is true concerning most boys who form habits that are harmful both to body and soul.
The story of John's life is a true one; and his earnest prayer that it may be the means of helping some boys from Satan's snares and prove a blessing to them, I trust, will be answered.
Isabel C. Byrum
Year 1917
Illustrations
Out on the prairie in one of the western states where buffaloes and wild horses once had roamed at their pleasure and where cacti and yuccas still thrived and bloomed could be seen a small two-story frame building. There was nothing strange in this except that the house was different from the average house of the plains; for at this particular time the greater part of the dwellings were made of sod, mud, and brush.