One Thousand Chestnut Trees, by Mira stout persecuted and shunned

persecuted and shunned

Furious and grief-stricken

A guilt-wracked man finds himself recruited by a colonial rebellion despite his desire to withdraw into narcotic dreams

excelling in languages and rhetoric and exhibiting a strong interest in the Protestant religion her father had established in England

A descendent of Founding Father John Jay

One Thousand Chestnut Trees, by Mira stout persecuted and shunnedThe tumultuous history of Korea unfolds in Mira Stout's debut novel One Thousand Chestnut Trees, a compelling story of a young woman's search for her Korean heritage and her own sense of identity. In her journeys, she discovers a legacy left behind by the noble clan from which she is descended a temple erected by her great grandfather in defiance of centuries of invasions against Korea, and the one thousand chestnut trees that shield it from view.