The keeper of the bees

Gene Stratton-Porter First published 1925

About this book

A wounded soldier- under a death sentence-finds himself taking over a sick beekeeper's garden and hives. scout, a little boy or girl!, helps him. He meets a very hurt woman. There is a baby,too. Beautifully written and an excellent book of the age. Try Freckles and Girl of the Limberlost by the same author.

Subjects

  • bee culture
  • beekeepers
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • indiana, fiction