New England, Warner declares, is the battleground of the seasons, a camp alternately invaded by the legions of the pole and the sirens of the tropics, and its normal condition is thaw. With mock-heroic seriousness he follows the long campaign of spring through sleet, mud, false promises, a leap of the mercury and the first violets.
A short, sly essay by Mark Twain’s collaborator on The Gilded Age. Download the free EPUB.