The Chain

by Paul I. Wellman

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380 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1949

About the author

Paul Iselin Wellman, newspaperman, writer of popular history, novelist and screenwriter, is best known for his books set in the Great Plains of the United States and Kansas. In addition to his books several Hollywood movies , Cheyenne, The Walls of Jericho, Jubal, Apache, The Comancheros, and The Iron Mistress are based on his novels.

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Reviews

[Coleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 1949 fictional story of an Episcopalian priest assigned to a church that is divided into its upper wealth and slum sections of a place called Jericho in Kansas. This was a book that I found among old books in my garage that I was going through for discards. Having started reading it, I became interested and ended up reading the entire book in a short time.

Wellman adds a number of character types in his story from both the wealthy [nice to know how those folks lived!] and the poor [worse than one might imagine.] One would think that never the twain might meet, a Doctor, newspaper publisher, bank owner, etc. and then those who work the slaughter houses and those who can not work at all. But, of course, the plot thickens. While a plot from more than 65 years ago may not be considered by today's standards as riveting or a thriller, nevertheless, it was worth the time to read.