Castle Nowhere
Unknown
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Description
Constance Fenimore Woolson sets Castle Nowhere on the northern curve of Lake Michigan, a shore that was wilderness not many years ago and still shows on school maps as empty waste. Pale, cold yellow paper runs from Point St. Ignace to the iron ports on Little Bay de Noquet, a hundred miles of nothing, according to map makers who know nothing of the region. Long legged tribal names stretch across townless territory farther west, but not here.
This northern curve is and always has been a place apart, the book's opening insists, withholding even the names other regions get. A mid scene finds Waring holding a girl wrapped in furs, while an old man chafes her icy hands and feet. He cries that if she but comes back to life he will say not one word more. Woolson writes lake country romance with wilderness, rescue, and a father's remorse.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 230 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |