Born in Iowa, Emerson Hough moved to a frontier town in New Mexico to practice law after finishing his schooling. Over time, his focus shifted to journalism and eventually to fiction. Like many of his novels, The Girl at the Halfway House skillfully combines romance, battlefield action, and an enduring appreciation for America's wide open spaces.
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- THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE
- Contents
- BOOK I - THE DAY OF WAR
- Chapter I - The Brazen Tongues
- Chapter II - The Players of the Game
- Chapter III - The Victory
- BOOK II - THE DAY OF THE BUFFALO
- Chapter IV - Battersleigh of the Rile Irish
- Chapter V - The Turning of the Road
- Chapter VI - Edward Franklin, Lawyer
- Chapter VII - The New World
- Chapter VIII - The Beginning
- Chapter IX - The New Movers
- Chapter X - The Chase
- Chapter XI - The Battle
- Chapter XII - What the Hand Had to Do
- Chapter XIII - Pie and Ethics
- Chapter XIV - The First Ball at Ellisville
- Chapter XV - Another Day
- Chapter XVI - Another Hour
- BOOK III - THE DAY OF THE CATTLE
- Chapter XVII - Ellisville the Red
- Chapter XVIII - Still a Rebel
- Chapter XIX - That Which He Would
- Chapter XX - The Halfway House
- Chapter XXI - The Advice of Aunt Lucy
- Chapter XXII - En Voyage
- Chapter XXIII - Mary Ellen
- Chapter XXIV - The Way of a Maid
- Chapter XXV - Bill Watson
- Chapter XXVI - Ike Anderson
- Chapter XXVII - The Body of the Crime
- Chapter XXVIII - The Trial
- Chapter XXIX - The Verdict
- BOOK IV - THE DAY OF THE PLOUGH
- Chapter XXX - The End of the Trail
- Chapter XXXI - The Success of Battersleigh
- Chapter XXXII - The Calling
- Chapter XXXIII - The Great Cold
- Chapter XXXIV - The Artfulness of Sam
- Chapter XXXV - The Hill of Dreams
- Chapter XXXVI - At the Gateway
- Endnotes
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