Vandemark's Folly

by Herbert Quick

Book Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977768679
• ISBN13: 9781977768674
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Flawed but worth reading

I found it annoying that the hero was in Monterey County, Iowa, and we all know there is no such county in Iowa. Why not have a fake state as well if you are going to have a fake county? But I admired the hero's morals.

Historical fiction filled with romance and adventure

Herbert Quick's story of a young man growing up on the Erie Canal and his pioneering trip through Wisconsin and on to the Iowa prairie is a great read. His trip is filled with romance and adventure and the descriptions of the pioneering life are wonderful. I highly recommend it to all.

The first of Quick's, Iowa Trilogy, on the settling of Iowa

ALL quick books are out of print except VandeMark's Folley (reprinted 1987) Best described as historical fiction. (I live near VandeMark's Marsh) Quick blends the hardships and joys of Early Iowa, with vivid pictures of the Iowa prairie. It's adventure, romance, geography, and history all rolled into one. Quicks style of writing is very similar to Mark Twains. Defineetly worth reading.