Explora Books to Display The Saddlebag Preacher of Pike County at the London Book Fair
Explora Books will be showcasing The Saddlebag Preacher of Pike County during the London Book Fair, taking place March 10–12, 2026, at Olympia London in Hammersmith, London, UK. Written by C.R. Violet, the novel offers a grounded historical story shaped by faith, moral conflict, and the quiet weight of personal choice.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 11th Feb 2026 – Set in southern Ohio in the 1850s, the book follows Rev. Jacob Chandler, a recent college graduate assigned to a rural preaching circuit near the farm where he grew up. His upbringing has left him unprepared for the lives he now encounters along the Ohio Canal—laborers, families, and travelers whose days are marked by loss, risk, and difficult decisions. Violet places Jacob among them without softening the realities of po...