Publisher's Synopsis
Ranson's Folly is a novel by Richard Harding Davis that tells the story of a wealthy young man named Ogden Ford who decides to build a luxurious hunting lodge in the Adirondack Mountains. Despite warnings from the locals that the land he has chosen is cursed, Ogden persists in his plans and hires a team of architects and builders to construct the lodge. However, as construction progresses, strange and inexplicable events begin to occur, leading Ogden to question whether he has made a grave mistake. Meanwhile, a young woman named Hope Wayne arrives in the area and becomes embroiled in the mystery surrounding the lodge, ultimately uncovering a shocking secret that threatens to destroy everything Ogden has built. Set against the backdrop of the rugged Adirondack wilderness, Ranson's Folly is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and the consequences of unchecked ambition.1905. With illustrations by Frederic Remington, Walter Appleton Clark, Howard Chandler Christy, E.M. Ashe and F. Dorr Steele. American journalist and novelist who covered wars all over the world. His vivid accounts made him one of the leading reporters of his day. Ranson's Folly begins: The junior officers of Fort Crockett had organized a mess at the post-trader's. And a mess it certainly is, said Lieutenant Ranson. The dining-table stood between hogsheads of molasses and a blazing log-fire, the counter of the store was their buffet, a pool-table with a cloth, blotted like a map of the Great Lakes, their sideboard, and Indian Pete acted as butler. But none of these things counted against the great fact that each evening Mary Cahill, the daughter of the post-trader, presided over the evening meal, and turned it into a banquet. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.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.
