Small towns, farms, and mountains

7 books

Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned FarmAlbert Bigelow Paine · 1904A 1919 autobiographical account (copyright page shows 1919 despite 1904 date) in which the author and his family buy an abandoned old farmhouse and thirty-one acres in the Connecticut countryside, and set about restoring the neglected place as their home.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Mountain Blood: A NovelJoseph Hergesheimer · 1915A 1915 novel set in the isolated mountain community of Greenstream, following stage driver Gordon Makimmon, whose routine journeys carry local residents, a Catholic priest, and a mysterious stranger through the insular valley and its tense social world.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Blood of the ConquerorsHarvey Fergusson · 1921A 1921 novel by Harvey Fergusson about Ramon Delcasar, a proud young Mexican American lawyer from a prominent Southwestern family who returns home after law school and confronts racial prejudice against his heritage in his New Mexico community.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootHolman Day · 1915A 1915 novel by Holman Day following a mysterious wanderer who calls himself Walker Farr as he travels on foot through the countryside, encountering a farmer, a stranded motor party, and an old man along the road, his past and purpose left intriguingly unexplained.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Roof TreeCharles Neville Buck · 1921A 1921 illustrated novel by Charles Neville Buck set in the Appalachian mountains, in which a young man takes the blame for his sister's killing of her abusive husband and flees across the border into Kentucky to escape the law and start a new life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The San Rosario RanchMaud Howe Elliott · 1902A novel by Maud Howe Elliott about Millicent Almsford, a wealthy young woman who leaves Europe to join the household of her half-brother at a California ranch, where the Deerings welcome her into their family life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Wall BetweenSara Ware Bassett · 1922A 1920s rural romance novel set on neighboring New Hampshire farms, where Martin Howe and Ellen Webster continue a generations-old feud over an old boundary wall between their properties until events force them to reconsider their long-standing hostility.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية