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The Whipping Boy : A Novel by Morgan, Speer is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Whipping Boy : A Novel about?
An "engaging" novel of hardship, danger, and frontier adventure in the Oklahoma Territory at the end of the nineteenth century ( Publishers Weekly ). The Oklahoma Territory is a bleak, brutal place in 1894, especially for Tom Freshour, a half-Indian who knows nothing of the world beyond the orphanage where he's been raised by a sadistic minister who forces him to bear witness to a botched public hanging. But Tom is about to get a bracing education, thanks especially to two people: Jake Jaycox, an aging hardware salesman who takes Tom under his wing, and Samantha King, a beautiful, mysterious woman who attaches herself to the two men and promptly seduces Tom. The adventures of this colorful trio begin with a horrific flood#8212;but the story turns darker when Tom and his companions run afoul of a scheme to steal thousands of acres from depression-ravaged farmers. Before long, they are being chased by a hired killer#8212;and Tom's searing memories of his childhood drive him back to the orphanage and a violent confrontation with the man who made him a whipping boy. As Tom learns more about the world around him, he suspects that the real villains in this unforgiving territory may not b
Who reads The Whipping Boy : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Morgan, Speer
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780395677254
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Adventure, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (18 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14