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My Terminal Moraine

by Frank R. Stockton

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Walter Cuthbert inherits a country house and forty acres, then lets the property grow shabby while he enjoys books, fishing and shooting. His easy habits become a serious obstacle when he falls in love with Agnes Havelot, whose wealthy father opposes their courtship. A visit from Walter's energetic friend Tom Burton, a geologist, introduces another way of looking at the land: the bluff beneath the house was formed by an ancient glacier.

Stockton brings this romance into contact with the practical possibilities and dangers of ice. In an underground chamber where blocks are being removed, Walter faces a sudden collapse that seals the entrance and leaves him struggling to keep warm. Told in Walter's own voice, the story pairs his complaints about money and parental authority with close descriptions of the ground beneath his estate.

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Frank R. Stockton

Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer and humorist who worked as a wood engraver in Philadelphia before turning to fiction and children's writing in his thirties. He is best remembered for "The Lady, or the Tiger?" (1882), a story whose withheld ending became a national parlor argument, and for the Rudder Grange books that began in 1879.

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Pages
26
Language
English
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