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" William Hunter, a young Englishman, has made 14 trips across the Atlantic delivering shire horses from Lancashire to Iowa by the time he is 25 years old in 1888. He is in love with Ann, daughter of Squire Taylor, but he knows he can never marry her because he is a second son and won't inherit the family lands. He can't ask Ann, a gentle well-educated girl to go with him to America where life on an Iowa farm is harsh and rugged.
Back in Iowa, he meets Amy, a lively fun-loving American girl who loves to dance. She falls in love with Will and tricks him into marrying her despite the fact he still loves Ann. They go to California where Will works for his employer's partner who hates him for his "fancy" talk and ways. Since Will is very good with shire horses, he soon is able to go into business for himself. They have a baby boy and are happy except that Amy wants to be near her family in Iowa. Will's business fails in the depression of 1893, and when Amy tells him she is pregnant again, he grants her wish and they return to Iowa. There, a second son is born and Will leaves for the west to get work since he can't support his family in Iowa.
Amy, at home with the babies, waits for Will to send her money to join him in the West, but he never does and, eventually, she finds another man who wants to marry her and take care of her sons. Meantime, Will has met with a serious accident, has lost his memory and is a wanted for murder in England. Ann hides him and cares for him until he regains his memory and sets off to try to find his sons."
Pat Brunton, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- playing footsy while inconveniently married
Poverty, surviving
Yes
Kind of living:
- general poverty story
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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