The Light In the Forest" by Conrad Richter was first published in 1953. It is a work of fiction, but most of the characters have been inspired by the historic characters. The story is based on a historical fact. The story is based on the events, apparently fictionalized, that had taken place in the late eighteenth century and during the American Revolutionary War. The book's title has been derived from a poem written by William Wordsworth. The poem...

In this candid memoir, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was transformed when, as an 18-year-old college freshman, she was raped and beaten. Sebold tells of her road to recovery and how she secured her attacker's arrest and conviction.