A Yankee from the West

""A Yankee from the West"" is a novel by Opie Read that tells the story of a young man named Harry Kenton who leaves his small town in the West to seek his fortune in the big city of Chicago. Along the way, he encounters a variety of colorful characters and experiences both success and failure in his attempts to make a name for himself in the world of business. As he navigates the challenges of city life, Harry also grapples with questions of identity and belonging, struggling to reconcile his roots in the rural West with the fast-paced urban lifestyle he has adopted. Ultimately, ""A Yankee from the West"" is a coming-of-age tale that explores themes of ambition, identity, and the American Dream.1898. Read, an Arkansas author, begins his novel: In his mind the traveler holds of Illinois a tiresome picture, the kitchen garden of a great people, a flat and unromantic necessity. The greatest of men have trod the level ground, but it is hard to mark history upon a plane; there is no rugged place on which to hang a wreath, and on the prairie the traveling eye is accommodated by no inn whereat it may halt to rest. Such is the Illinois as remembered by the hastening tourist. But in the southern part of the State there are mountains, and in the north, the scene of this story, there is a spread and a roll of romantic country-the green billows of Wisconsin gently breaking into Illinois; lakes scattered like a handful of jewels thrown broadcast, quiet rivers singing low among the rushes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.