Separated from his mother and sent to work for the Page family, Jessie Hapley arrives at his new home with a heavy trunk and little else. Through snowbound winters, a disputed school referee case, diaries, lessons and debates about prayer, he learns to strive for an honest name, the aim this volume of the Aimwell Stories sets out to kindle.
A gentle mid-century American moral tale of country schooling and steady ambition. Download the free EPUB.