No God No Hell No Churches No Saloons

<p>Mary Bouton can hardly believe anyone would want to live in a town without churches or God. But James her young physician husband is enthusiastic about Liberal a new community being built in southwest Missouri. He sees an opportunity to start a medical practice but Mary and their daughter Bertha are less than excited to leave the only home they have ever known.</p><p>Even so in a matter of weeks the Bouton family is on their way to Liberal-a town that greets Christians at the depot with a sign that instructs them to get back on the train and separates Christians and free thinkers with a barbed wire fence. The years pass and the Boutons immerse themselves in daily life in their new home.</p><p>Then tragedy strikes; their son Claude becomes the ���rst person to be buried in Liberal a town now labeled an atheist in���del community. As they helplessly watch their daughter Bertha blame herself for Claude's death and searches endlessly for answers the Boutons hope that one day they can live in a peaceful community that embraces the goodness of God.</p><p><i>No God No Hell No Churches No Saloons</i> is a compelling historical tale of love family bonds and the determination of a family to succeed in a town undergoing great change.</p>