Set in the Kennett Square country of Chester County, Pennsylvania, where Taylor grew up, the novel opens with a fox chase and follows Gilbert Potter, a young farmer working to pay off his land and burdened by the mystery of his birth. His love for Martha Deane, a doctor’s daughter, faces a rich rival, village gossip and the menace of a notorious highwayman.
Taylor’s affectionate 1866 portrait of his native countryside, rich in Quaker meetings, barn-raisings and husking frolics. Download the free EPUB.