The Keeper of the Bees (Library of Indiana Classics)

Stratton-Porter, Gene

ISBN 10: 025320691X / ISBN 13: 9780253206916

Published by Indiana University Press (edition Reprint), 1991

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 025320691X-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Keeper of the Bees (Library of Indiana Classics)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (edition Reprint)
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 025320691X
• ISBN 13: 9780253206916
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Set in the author's adopted home of California in the 1920s, this is Gene Stratton-Porter's last novel, a story filled with wisdom, a love of nature, and her own abiding optimism. In it a Master Bee Keeper, his bees, and the natural beauty of California restore a wounded World War I veteran to health.

From the Back Cover

Broken in spirit and body, James Lewis MacFarland, a wounded veteran of World War I, decides to escape from the military hospital before he is sent to a hospital for tubercular patients. He sets out on a great adventure which takes him to the healing sun and ocean of California.