The Three Black Pennys

The Three Black Pennys: A Novel by Joseph Hergeisheimer is about three generations of a family in Pennsylvania. The Pennys balance working in the iron business and taking care of their wives and children. Excerpt: «A twilight-like blue dust sifted into the shallow fold of the thickly wooded hills. It was early October, but a crisping frost had already stamped the maple trees with gold, the Spanish oaks were hung with patches of wine red, and the sumach was brilliant in the darkening underbrush. A pattern of wild geese, flying low and unconcerned above the hills, wavered against the serene, ashen evening. Howat Penny, standing in the comparative clearing of a road, decided that the shifting, regular flight would not come close enough for a shot.»