{"id":891,"date":"2018-07-01T18:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T22:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=891"},"modified":"2018-07-01T18:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T22:23:27","slug":"hornets-nest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=891","title":{"rendered":"Hornet\u2019s Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of &#8216;boys&#8217; give Cornwallis&#8217; troops a rough time in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, as they rally to defend their families and homes. 25000 words.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Reverend E. P. (Edward Payson) Roe (1838-1888) in 1886.<\/p>\n<p>Also includes a short story, &#8220;A Christmas-Eve Suit.&#8221; Hedley Marstern is a would-be lawyer actively selecting a future wife, who has decidedly narrowed his selection to be either Carrie Mitchell or Lottie Waldo. 5900 words.<\/p>\n<p>Transcribed by Jeffrey Merrow from the 1892 printing.<a href=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HornetsNest300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-453\" src=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HornetsNest300-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01M8MJ881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hornet\u2019s Nest for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/2940156876716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hornet\u2019s Nest epub for Nook at Barnes and Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-US\/search\/?Query=1230001398465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hornet\u2019s Nest epub at Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of &#8216;boys&#8217; give Cornwallis&#8217; troops a rough time in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, as they rally to defend their families and homes. 25000 words. Written by Reverend E. P. (Edward Payson) Roe (1838-1888) in 1886. Also includes a short story, &#8220;A Christmas-Eve Suit.&#8221; Hedley Marstern is a would-be lawyer actively selecting a future wife, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=891\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hornet\u2019s Nest<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-891","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}