George Agnew Chamberlain
Home: A Novel
Paperback
(Forgotten Books June 9, 2012)
Indian summer afternoon of not very long ago Red Hill drowsed through the fleeting hours as though not only time but mills, machinery and railways were made for slaves. Hemmed in by the breathing silences of scattered woods, open fields and the far reaches of misty space, it seemed to forget that the traveler, studying New England at the opening of the twentieth century through the windows of a hurrying train, might sigh for a vanished ideal and concede the universal triumph of a commercial age. For such a oneR ed Hill held locked a message, and the key to the lock was the message itself: Turn your back on the paralleled rivers and railroads and plunge into the byways that lead into the eternal hills and you will find the world that was and still is. Let such a traveler but follow a lane that leads up through willow and elderberry, sassafras, laurel, wild cherry and twining clematis; a lane aligned with slender wood-maples, hickory and mountain-ash and flanked where it gains the open with scattered juniper and oak, and he will come out at last on the scenes of a countrys(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at
- Pages
- 348
- Weight
- 20.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.8 in.
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