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God's Troubadour, The Story of St. Francis of Assisi

by Sophie Jewett

Francis, a young Italian boy, is a merchant’s son who is enthralled by the troubadour songs and tales of knights that his father brings back from his travels. He decides to become a knight, but after seeing the poor and suffering in the tragedies of war, he decides to give away all of his worldly possessions and become a troubadour for God.

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1900

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Sophie Jewett

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Sophie Jewett also known under the pseudonym Ellen Burroughs, was an American lyric poet, translator, and professor at Wellesley College. Jewett was born in Moravia, New York, one of four children of...

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