Henry Herbert Knibbs
Published: 2022-07-20
Total Pages: 294
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'Lost Farm Camp' is a fictional adventure novel by author Henry Herbert Knibbs. Hoss Avery and his daughter whom he had fondly nicknamed "Swickey," were inseparable. When Hoss first came to Lost farm bringing his little girl, he climbed the narrow trail along the river, glanced at the camp, swung his pack from his shoulders, filled his pipe, and sitting on a log drew Swickey down beside him and talked to her. Asking her opinion of some things which she understood and a great many things which she did not, to all of which she made her habitual reply of "Yes, Pop." The two made the decision there and then to live there eking out a living by lumbering wood. Meanwhile in Boston, David Ross is bidding his Aunt Bess goodbye in order to pursue a life of adventure. His quest brings him to Lost Farm Camp where he joins the Averys. It is not long before Swickey is taken in by their handsome and generous guest. The three of them are meanwhile battling to retain control of their land which is threatened by a railway line to pass through their land, so as to enable mining of a lucrative asbestos belt on their land. Will Daniel succeed in his plan to save the Avery's farm? And will he finally be able to marry Swickey?
