Come Spring

866 pp. 8vo. "A long, leisurely novel of a remote settlement in Maine, a settlement so isolated that the War of Independence was only known by hearsay. A tale of pioneers, ordinary people in an ordinary frontier life, of sturdy spirits and enduring patience of a love that was greater than the events that held the lovers apart, of a happy marriage and the seasonal round and recurrent promise. Historical novel without fancy trappings, solid, steady going, with plenty of incidental drama. Good ""meat and potatoes fare"", for the dependable Ben Ames Williams' market." CONTENTS: The River; Seven-Tree Pond; The Royal Mess; Home; Postscript. "Ben Ames Willaims (7 March 1889 - 3 February 1953) [was an] American writer who published over thirty novels, including The Strange Woman (1945), House Divided (1947), Leave Her to Heaven (1946), and Come Spring (1940). His writing traversed a wide range of genres and evinced considerable expertise in a number of divergent fields. Williams achieved his greatest popularity when two of his books, Leave Her to Heaven and The Strange Woman, were adapted to film."