The History of a Leghorn Hat

A Daughter of the Land

by Gene STRATTON-PORTER (1863 - 1924)

Independent Kate Bates resents the fact that, as the youngest of a large family, she is expected to stay at home and help her parents while her brothers and sisters are free to pursue their desires. When she defies her family and leaves home, she finds that the path to independence is paved with hardships. (Summary by wildemoose)

Listen next episodes of A Daughter of the Land:
A Business Proposition , A New Idea , A Sunbonnet Girl , As a Man Soweth , Blue Ribbon Corn , For a Good Girl , John Jardine's Courtship , Kate Takes the Bit in Her Teeth , Kate's Heavenly Time , Life's Boomerang , One More for Kate , Polly Tries Her Wings , Somewhat of Polly , Starting Married Life , The Banner Hand , The Bride , The Eleventh Hour , The Winged Victory , The Work of the Sun , Two Letters