Conrad Richter

The Fields tells the story of Sayward as a wife and mother, working with her own brood on that hard frontier to create a durable home, and aspects of civilization in a region where life is still difficult and towns are just beginning to appear. It is a rich and human novel about personal conflicts and strife in the midst of a land that itself is striving. And it has an epic quality that perfectly reflects the sweeping conquest of the frontier. from...

The Luckett family, pioneers from Pennsylvania, face the hardships and unknown perils of America's forest wilderness during their journey westward.

A love affair takes place in a Pennsylvania town after the Spanish-American war.

Eight stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winner share similar settings and characters --pioneer days and the pioneers who lived them --and are bound by the unifying theme of marriage.

Secure in her Victorian mansion, in her Pennsylvania town, flying her flag in defense of principle and old-time decorum, Miss Alexandria Morley takes on and outclasses the mighty coal company (she's caught them cheating on taxes); civilizes her roughhewn young doctor (good character is no license for crudity); copes patiently (family obligations are sacred) with the poor old cousin who is a tidal wave of garrulous idiocy; stands firm against the poisonous...

Rivalry between sheepmen and cattlemen in early nineteenth-century New Mexico. Ellen the enigmatic lady of the title is the person around whom the story turns.

Woman leaves her husband and children on ranch and returns to city.