The Story of a Country Town

The Story of A Country Town is a novel by E. W. Howe, published in 1883 is a great read for anyone interested in the history of the Midwest. It was an immediate success upon publishing and went through many printings. It was reviewed favorably by Mark Twain and William Dean Howells. The action of the novel was placed in Twin Mounds, a fictional city in the American Midwest. It is free from the 19th-century optimism and elevated spirit of other town stories.