Castle Nowhere

"Castle Nowhere: Lake-Country Sketches," is a book written by Constance Fenimore Cooper towards the end of the 19th century. The story, which is in fact more of a novella, centers around a man named Jarvis Waring who seeks refuge from the crime and poverty ridden New York City of the late 1800s in Michigan's sparsely populated Upper Peninsula. He sets out on Lake Michigan in a canoe with no destination in mind. He knows only that he wants to get as far away from human civilization as...
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"Castle Nowhere: Lake-Country Sketches," is a book written by Constance Fenimore Cooper towards the end of the 19th century. The story, which is in fact more of a novella, centers around a man named Jarvis Waring who seeks refuge from the crime and poverty ridden New York City of the late 1800s in Michigan's sparsely populated Upper Peninsula. He sets out on Lake Michigan in a canoe with no destination in mind. He knows only that he wants to get as far away from human civilization as possible and lead an authentic existence in harmony with nature. Shortly after the beginning of his journey he is robbed by a man called Amos Fog, and he follows Fog to his hideout, which is called Castle Nowhere, to seek his revenge. Upon arriving at the wooden fortress, Waring discovers that Fog lives with a housekeeper and a beautiful daughter who knows nothing of death, love, or the outside world. Her passions are growing things and keeping seagulls. Jarvis Waring ends up getting snowed in for the winter and stays with the family, falling in love with the girl, and she with him, though she does not know what the feelings she has for Waring mean.Castle Nowhere. Jeannette. The Old Agency. The Grenadiers.