---
title: 'Firebrands: A Temperance Tale'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Julia McNair Wright'
date: 1879-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Temperance'
- 'Fiction'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 23'
- 'James 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wright-1879-firebrands-a-temperance-tale
---

# Firebrands: A Temperance Tale

A 19th-century temperance tale where orphan Tom Beck is brought to his uncle amid community resistance and cholera fears, exploring alcohol’s harms and family duty.

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