A fictional portrait of a young doctor setting up a practice in an Erie Canal town during the early nineteenth century.
"[An] elaborate, colorful, and affectionate portrait of a canal town in its growing pains. Obviously Adams has not only gone back to the sources but has lived with them for a long time before writing his account of a young doctor setting up his practice."—The Atlantic
Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958) is the author of several books including The Harvey Girls, The Grandfather Stories, and Tenderloin.
November 1988
