# Mountain Blood: A Novel

Author: Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27447

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Mountain+Blood%3A+A+Novel+Hergesheimer&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The fiery disk of the sun was just lifting above the shoulder of hills that held the city of Stenton when the Greenstream stage rolled briskly from its depot, a dingy frame tavern, and commenced the long journey to its high destination. The tavern was on the outskirts of town; beyond, a broad, level plain reached to a shimmering blue silhouette of mountains printed on a silvery sky; and the stage immediately left the paved street for the soft, dusty country road. Stenton was not yet astir; except for an occasional maid sleepily removing the milk from gleaming marble steps, or early workmen with swollen, sullen countenances, the streets were deserted. The dewy freshness of morning was alre...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mountain-blood-a-novel-27447/chapters/17/index.md)