Irving Bacheller

The Light in the Clearing Irving Bacheller

Large Format for easy reading. Bacheller's novels are primarily concerned with early American life in the North Country of New York State. In 1900 his novel Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country, proved a major success. According to the New York Times it was the 4th best-selling novel in the United States that year. The Light in the Clearing, A Tale of the North Country in the Time of Silas Wright (1917) was the 2nd best-selling novel in 1917.