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Driven Back to Eden

First published: 1885
Pages: 182

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PREFACE
1:53
CHAPTER I A PROBLEM
13:26
CHAPTER II I STATE THE CASE
9:45
CHAPTER III NEW PROSPECTS
5:11
CHAPTER IV A MOMENTOUS EXPEDITION
6:45
CHAPTER V A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS IN A CITY FLAT
7:35
CHAPTER VI A BLUFF FRIEND
8:46
CHAPTER VII MR. JONES SHOWS ME THE PLACE
10:11
CHAPTER VIII TELLING ABOUT EDEN
5:30
CHAPTER IX BREAKING CAMP
6:15
CHAPTER X SCENES ON THE WHARF
9:16
CHAPTER XI A VOYAGE UP THE HUDSON
11:02
CHAPTER XII A MARCH EVENING IN EDEN
10:53
CHAPTER XIII RESCUED AND AT HOME
13:53
CHAPTER XIV SELF-DENIAL AND ITS REWARD
13:45
CHAPTER XV OUR SUNNY KITCHEN
10:16
CHAPTER XVI MAKING A PLACE FOR CHICKENS
7:46
CHAPTER XVII GOOD BARGAINS IN MAPLE SUGAR
6:18
CHAPTER XVIII BUTTERNUTS AND BOBSEY'S PERIL
10:53
CHAPTER XIX JOHN JONES, JUN
10:12
CHAPTER XX RASPBERRY LESSONS
11:02
CHAPTER XXI THE ''VANDOO''
10:45
CHAPTER XXII EARLY APRIL GARDENING
13:42
CHAPTER XXIII A BONFIRE AND A FEAST
12:41
CHAPTER XXIV ''NO BLIND DRIFTING''
5:43
CHAPTER XXV OWLS AND ANTWERPS
7:02
CHAPTER XXVI A COUNTRY SUNDAY
7:09
CHAPTER XXVII STRAWBERRY VISIONS AND ''PERTATERS''
9:24
CHAPTER XXVIII CORN, COLOR, AND MUSIC
7:41
CHAPTER XXIX WE GO A-FISHING
7:34
CHAPTER XXX WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE
13:49
CHAPTER XXXI NATURE SMILES AND HELPS
9:36
CHAPTER XXXII CHERRIES, BERRIES, AND BERRY-THIEVES
10:24
CHAPTER XXXIII GIVEN HIS CHOICE
10:55
CHAPTER XXXIV GIVEN A CHANCE
15:02
CHAPTER XXXV WE SHALL ALL EARN OUR SALT
11:54
CHAPTER XXXVI A THUNDERBOLT
6:59
CHAPTER XXXVII RALLYING FROM THE BLOW
17:35
CHAPTER XXXVIII AUGUST WORK AND PLAY
10:16
CHAPTER XXXIX A TRIP TO THE SEASHORE
11:40
CHAPTER XL A VISIT TO HOUGHTON FARM
10:55
CHAPTER XLI HOARDING FOR WINTER
11:36
CHAPTER XLII AUTUMN WORK AND SPORT
26:56
CHAPTER XLIII THANKSGIVING DAY
5:56
CHAPTER XLIV WE CAN MAKE A LIVING IN EDEN
6:10

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A crowded, unhealthy apartment and a scare over his children's future push Robert Durham to trade New York City for a run-down farm up the Hudson, and this novel follows the family's first year learning to live off the land. Roe, who was a serious horticulturist as well as a novelist, fills the story with practical detail about poultry, fruit trees, gardens, and the small daily victories and setbacks of country life. Part gentle domestic tale, part argument for wholesome outdoor work as a cure for urban ills, it reflects the back-to-the-land feeling of the 1880s. The Durham children grow capable and content as the seasons turn. Free to download as a PDF and EPUB edition.

About the author

Edward Payson Roe

Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was an American Presbyterian minister and Civil War chaplain who turned to fiction after witnessing the Chicago fire. His earnest, morally themed novels made him one of the best-selling American authors of the 1870s and 1880s. He was also a serious horticulturist.