The Great Drought
Jim Harker is a landlord of the crudest type. Harker evicts the Widow Cline and her son Andy from the house which he owns because they cannot pay the rent. The community is so aroused by Har... Read allJim Harker is a landlord of the crudest type. Harker evicts the Widow Cline and her son Andy from the house which he owns because they cannot pay the rent. The community is so aroused by Harker's action that his own family is ostracized. Finally he is driven out of town entirely,... Read allJim Harker is a landlord of the crudest type. Harker evicts the Widow Cline and her son Andy from the house which he owns because they cannot pay the rent. The community is so aroused by Harker's action that his own family is ostracized. Finally he is driven out of town entirely, and moves to the far west to try ranching. In the meantime, neighbors provide a purse to ... Read all