Het Kapitalisme in Nederland: En Sociaal-Ekonomische Studie (1906)

Set in 1894, Amelia Patricia Porter decides to leave Philadelphia and go to Tennessee to teach because of an ad her uncle Max showed her in a paper. Her cousin, Gertrude OaMalley, follows her and the adventures and mishaps begin. Amelia starts her adventures when the wheel on her wagon breaks as she gets to Hackamore Springs, entering the town all muddy and embarrassed as she meets the town sheriff/preacher. Guilt rides on Ameliaas shoulders for all that happens to Gertie, as well as the fact that she is in love with the same man as her cousin, but she takes all her problems to the Lord. The town is filled with colorful characters in every chapter.