John Harkless, a young college man from the East, buys the struggling newspaper in Plattville, a dusty town on the endless Indiana plain, and decides to stay. His crusade against crooked politics and a gang of lawless night riders makes him dangerous enemies, while a strange lady visiting town and the loyalty of his neighbours make the place his own.
Tarkington’s first novel, an affectionate portrait of small-town Midwestern life at the end of the 1890s. Download the free EPUB.