
"Echoes From Erin" is a novel set in the early 20th century that follows the story of a young American woman named Penelope Hamilton, who travels to Ireland to visit her father's ancestral home. While there, she becomes embroiled in a local feud between two rival families and finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue and deception. Along the way, she discovers secrets about her own past and learns about the complexities of Irish culture and identity.
By Annie Fellows Johnston · First published 1914 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Cultural, Sociology · 246 words
ACROSS old Purple Mountain I hear a bugle call, / And down the rocks, like water, the echoes leap and fall.
One note alone can startle the voices of the peaks, / And waken songs of Erin, whene'er the bugle speaks.
They call and call and call, / Until the voices all / Ring down the dusky hollows and in the distance fall.
Methinks, like Purple Mountain, the past will sometimes rise, / And memory's call awaken its echoing replies.
Echoes From Erin is listed on Textopian as a short story by Annie Fellows Johnston, dated 1914 CE.
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American literature · historical fiction · family drama · romance · coming of age · Appalachia · frontier life · settlers · pioneers · wild west · adventure · travel