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Shacklett and Stoddard voyage stirs a political romance
Noel Shacklett, a rising Springfield politician, travels by river with Mary Stoddard and her party. On the Mississippi voyage he debates religion with Rev. Mr. Bradbury, learns piloting, and grows close to Mary, while a campaign subplot hints that his rival may be more grounded in politics than faith.
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Shacklett
Warsaw
McKee
Miss McKee
Noel Shackiett
Mary Stoddard
Springfield
Egypt
Bhacklett
Chicago
Misa McKee
St. Louis
St. Paul
Stoddards
McKees
Judiciary Committee
Diamond Jo
Shacksett
Illinois
Noel
Quincy
Shack- Jett
Keokuk
Iowa
Miss Stoddard
Pittsburg
Shaklett
Hercules
Providence
Sprinfield
Mr. Bradbury
Brown
Jones
Bradbury
Shackiett
Santa Claus
Hiawatha
Jim Bludsoe
Little Breeches
Abraham Lincoln
Mississippi