The Harvester

(1911)

CHARACTERS:

DAVID LANGSTON, A Harvester of the Woods.
RUTH JAMESON, A Girl of the City.
GRANNY MORELAND, An Interested Neighbour.
DR. CAREY, Chief Surgeon of the Onabasha Hospital.
MRS. CAREY, Wife of the Doctor.
DR. HARMON, Who Concludes to Leave the City.
MOLLY BARNET, A Hospital Nurse with a Heart.
HENRY JAMESON, A Trader Without a Heart.
ALEXANDER HERRON, Who Made a Concession.
MRS. HERRON, A Gentle Woman.
THE KENNEDYS, Philadelphia Lawyers.

Set in the early 20th century, near the town of "Onabasha" Indiana, there lives a Medicine Man (or Harvester) whose life is dictated by the woods and wildlife that he lives in. Every year when the first Bluebird comes the Man asks his fond companion, a dog named Belshazzar, whether he should stay in the woods or go into the city, and whether he should remain single or find someone to love. To the dismay of the Man the dog decides he should go courting! That night he dreams about a woman who comes to him where he lay and he knew that was the woman he was going to fall in love with. So the Harvester embarks on a mission to find this woman and create a life with her in the woods. This is a great book which invokes in you a nostalgia to get to know the outdoors better and find true lasting love. If you have never read Gene Stratton-Porter books before, here is a good start!--Submitted by Lynn Leatherman

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