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Wright, who served as a minister before becoming a writer, created a story with Christian themes.

In the story, Dick Falkner, who comes from a broken home, sees his father under the influence of alcohol and his mother starving.

After his parents die, Dick goes to Boyd City in the Midwestern United States to become employed.

Reagan says that the book inspired him to become an evangelical Christian; he became baptized by his mother's congregation.

At age 66, Reagan said that the book "left an abiding belief in the triumph of good over evil.