Heritage

1935 third printing hardback without a dust cover. The bottom of the spine shows wear through the cloth as does 3 of the 4 corners. Some wear along the top of the spine too. Writing on the first page along with a stain on the bottom corner. The binding is cracked along the rear cover. The front cover is bowed slightly up.  The novel traces how a closed community faces the modern age. It is a story of soil and sea, of marriage and work, of belonging and displacement, of what is preserved, and what must be surrendered. Set in 1846, Long Island, Heritage, tells the story of a farming village that has changed little in two hundred years and of the forces that will change it forever. For generations, the people of Norwold have lived by the rhythm of land and sea, bound by blood, custom, and tradition. John Beebe is one of its most capable farmers, a man rooted in the soil his family has worked since colonial times. His wife Abigail carries the same deep loyalty to place and people, even as new hopes stir within her growing family. But beyond Norwold’s quiet fields, the world is moving faster. Railroads are pushing eastward. Immigrants arrive with unfamiliar tongues and customs. Old boundaries of land and labor begin to blur. As innovation presses against tradition, the village must decide whether to resist change... or learn to live with it. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company.