# Mingo, and Other Sketches in Black and White Author: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 Genre: Children's Literature Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19648 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Mingo%2C+and+Other+Sketches+in+Black+and+White+Harris&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary IN 1876, circumstances, partly accidental and partly sentimental, led me to revisit Crooked Creek Church, near the little village of Rockville, in Middle Georgia. I was amazed at the changes which a few brief years had wrought. The ancient oaks ranged roundabout remained the same, but upon everything else time had laid its hand right heavily. Even the building seemed to have shrunk: the pulpit was less massive and imposing, the darkness beyond the rafters less mysterious. The preacher had grown grey, and feebleness had taken the place of that physical vigour which was the distinguishing feature of his interpretations of the larger problems of theology. People I had never seen sat in the p... ## Chapters - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mingo-and-other-sketches-in-black-and-white-19648/chapters/11/index.md)