The Story of Ab
'The Story of Ab' Summary
Ab is a Stone Age boy who grows to young manhood amid the many dangers of his times. With his friend, Oak, he digs a pit and catches a baby rhinoceros, participates in a mammoth hunt with the tribe to prove himself a man, and courts the young women from a neighboring tribe. One girl in particular, Lightfoot, holds the attention of both men, and Ab is forced to kill his friend in a savage fight. He wins Lightfoot for his mate, but is haunted by guilt for his murdered companion. As Ab grows older, he helps the tribe kill a marauding sabre-tooth tiger, leads his people in a great battle against an invading tribe, and eventually becomes the leader of the cave men, and the patriarch of a large personal family. Ab is used by the author to support his contention that there was no sharp division between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, that man learned to make fine, polished tools and weapons gradually and naturally, as Ab does. During his life Ab invents and perfects the bow and arrow, and is the first of the primitives to domesticate wolves as pets.
Book Details
Authors
Stanley Waterloo
United States
Stanley Waterloo was an American newspaperman, editor, newspaper owner, and author of both non-fiction and fiction. He was born in St. Clair County, Michigan in 1846 and died in Chicago, Illinois in 1...
Books by Stanley WaterlooDownload eBooks
Listen/Download Audiobook
- Select Speed
Related books
Colonel Greatheart by H. C. Bailey
This is a story of the English Civil War where a witching woman conquerors hearts and marks.
Comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Edmond Dantès, a young seaman with a promising future, is arrested at his wedding ceremony under calomnious charges, and locked up in the Chateau d'If...
Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square by Mrs. Henry de la Pasture
Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square is a novel that explores the life of Jeanne Marney, a young woman from the countryside who arrives in London to care f...
Reuben Sachs: A Sketch by Amy Levy
Reuben Sachs is a London lawyer whose political aspirations do not include marriage to Judith Quixano, the daughter of a respectable but unexceptional...
Letter Of Credit by Susan Warner
Rotha, a young American girl, is left orphaned and facing the world alone. Her only solace is Mr. Digby-Southwode, an English friend of the family who...
David Copperfield - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings in America by Charles Dickens
This collection of six scenes from "David Copperfield" was abridged and performed by Dickens himself during his American Tour of 1867 and 1868. The sc...
Lion and the Unicorn by Richard Harding Davis
Two animal figures, a lion and a unicorn, discuss the love affair between Philip Caroll and Helen Cabot in this classic short story.
Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Charlotte Brontë was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best know...
Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald by Anonymous
This Icelandic saga, set in the 9th century, tells the tragic tale of Gunnlaugr Ormstunga and Hrafn Önundarson, two poets and rivals for the hand of t...
An Anglo-American Alliance: A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future by Gregory Casparian
The book is a blend of humor and serious contemplation, as it delves into the political and social issues that were affecting the two countries at the...
Reviews for The Story of Ab
No reviews posted or approved, yet...