Excerpt from The Story of Jonah, the Truant Prophet: Told for Its Practical Lessons Are any troubled about the inspiration of the book of Jonah, and the authenticity of the narrative? It is hoped such may find some help from the present chapters, which have been penned in simple form for young friends and for busy people who must necessarily read hurriedly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.