"The Hand of the Mighty, and Other Stories" is a collection of fascinating short tales authored by Vaughan Kester, an American creator who was extraordinarily popular within the overdue 1800s and early 1900s. Kester's series of brief stories is sort of a tapestry: it's full of colorful pictures of different parts of existence in America throughout that point. The foremost tale of the gathering is "The Hand of the Mighty," which is about inside the American South and offers with topics like preference, power, and the complicated courting between lifestyle and progress. Kester is a splendid storyteller who can weave difficult plots and create characters that readers can relate to. His books offer a nuanced study what it means to be human. In addition to the title tale, the collection incorporates different testimonies that explore the complexities of relationships, the results of private selections, and social expectancies. Kester suggests that he has a deep know-how of human beings and the manner culture and society labored at the time. "The Hand of the Mighty, and Other Stories" is a strong instance of Vaughan Kester's writing abilities; it gives readers a thrilling look at many elements of American society during a time of change.
Vaughan Kester, also written as Vaughan, was an American author and reporter who lived from September 12, 1869, to July 4, 1911. He had a brother named Paul Kester, who wrote plays and books and lived from 1870 to 1933. His style and subjects were shaped by the places he visited in the western and southern U.S. and by William Dean Howells, who was a cousin of his mother. In 1916, J.P. McGowan directed a movie based on his book The Manager of the B&A, which starred Leo Maloney and Helen Holmes. The movie was re-released in 1921 under the title The Man from Medicine Hat. In Ohio, on August 31, 1898, he married Jessie B. Jennings. They didn't have any kids. In 1902, he bought Woodlawn Plantation with his brother and fixed it up. He lived at Gunston Hall from 1907 until he died there. It was there that he wrote The Prodigal Judge. His mother put a memorial in Pohick Church, which used to be Gunston Hall's parish church, to remember him.
