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The 19th century Illinois countryside sounds like such a godawful place to live. Widespread poverty, loads of debt and staking your family fortunes on commercial gambles, heinous diseases, the most backward superstitions – why would Spanish gold be buried a 1.000 km from the coast?

And amidst all this, the most American Church sunk its roots.

“He had made his first converts.”

I adore this book’s honest approach to the controversial subject matter. Remarkably non preachy, but it keeps the question of “what if” at the forefront of everything.