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You will love this book if you enjoy warm Southern small-town stories, gentle humor, gardens and wildlife, and a reformed rogue. Readers of old-fashioned redemption tales will feel at home.
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What does a priest do when he finds a burglar's kit in the bag of a crippled tramp? Father Armand De Rancé of Appleboro, South Carolina, hides it under the statue of a saint and says three Hail Marys. That quiet choice starts Slippy McGee, a novel by Marie Conway Oemler.
The tramp is a famous safecracker with a crushed leg and a vicious temper. You get moths and butterflies, a cause fought for mill children, and a love story in danger. First, meet Appleboro, a town that never paints its front fence.
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- 1Appleboro keeps its old ways and unpainted fencesFree
- 2A crushed tramp is carried to the Parish House
- 3The priest names his guest and hides his tools
- 4A boy, a girl and a gray moth begin to change him
- 5Butterflies give a thief work worth doing
- 6A boy lawyer takes on the town's boss
- 7The Butterfly Man earns the trust of the whole town
- 8Redemption comes slowly and is paid for in full
- 9Love and trust are tested when Mary Virginia comes home
- 10Oemler tells it with humor, nature and prayer
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Appleboro keeps its old ways and unpainted fences
Appleboro is a quiet Carolina town where front fences are never painted and neighbors love to compare grandfathers. Its spirit lives in a stern granite soldier on the town monument.
As a young man, Armand De Rancé is rich and proud, and he plans to marry the girl he has loved since childhood. On a May morning he rides to her house and finds that she has drowned herself in the river. Later a call leads him into the priesthood, and a bishop sends him to a mill parish. Then the banker who guards the family money kills himself, and the fortune goes with him.
Priest and mother start again, and they turn two upstairs rooms into free Guest Rooms for the sick poor. Doctor Walter Westmoreland treats the patients without charge. Next door live Judge Mayne, Miss Sally Ruth with her roosters, and Major Cartwright. Appleboro is a town that watches, gossips and cares.
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- LengthAbout 107,400 words
- Reading timeAbout 7 h 30 min
Questions about Slippy McGee, a veces conocido como el Hombre Mariposa
What is Slippy McGee about?
It tells of a crippled safecracker who is nursed by a priest in a South Carolina town, learns to love butterflies, and becomes a respected naturalist and a protector of his friends.
Who is the Butterfly Man in Slippy McGee?
He is John Flint, the borrowed name the stranger supplies and the priest agrees to use. He was once the famous burglar Slippy McGee, and country children later call him the Butterfly Man for his net and his insects.
Is Slippy McGee a true story?
No, it is a novel by Marie Conway Oemler, who died in 1932. Appleboro is an invented town, though the setting reflects real Southern mill towns and the habits of naturalists of her time.
Is Slippy McGee easy to read?
Yes in the sense that its chapters are short and lively, and the priest tells the tale in a warm, funny voice. Scenes with neighbors, animals and children keep the pages inviting.
What is the main message of Slippy McGee?
It says that people can change when they are trusted, given useful work and surrounded by love, and that small acts of kindness, even toward a thief, can reshape a life and a town.
Cite this edition
Oemler, Marie Conway. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/slippy-mcgee-sometimes-known-as-the-butterfly-man.
Oemler, M. C. (2026). Slippy McGee, sometimes known as the Butterfly Man. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/slippy-mcgee-sometimes-known-as-the-butterfly-man (Original work published 1917)
Oemler, Marie Conway. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/slippy-mcgee-sometimes-known-as-the-butterfly-man.
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