Book Description

Once called "the most remarkable delineation of pioneer life on the coast of Maine ever published," this little book, first published in 1899 in Century magazine and later in book form, tells the story of a man and a family, and in so doing tells the unique story of a special time and place in American history.

Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926) was president of Harvard University for 40 years. He lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.