Joseph Hergesheimer: 25 books

Tubal-cain is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in Genesis 4:22. He was a descendant of Cain, the son of Lamech (not the other Lamech, father of Noah) and Zillah. He was the brother of Naamah and half-brother of Jabal and Jubal.

The New York Times called this 1917 novel of three generations of men from the wealthy Penny family in Pennsylvania "an unbroken narrative of stirring realism."  The story traces the effects of a love affair over more than a century, against the backdrop of the rise of the steel industry.

This short novel, originally published in the 1918 collection Gold and Iron, features the title character's struggle from poverty to becoming the greatest iron master in Pennsylvania.  A contemporary review in the New York Evening Post called it "a model of compression in both telling and portraiture." 

Raised by a superficial single mother, young Linda leads an isolated life of endless travel, and then is given to a wealthy man in a marriage of convenience. Her struggles with marriage and her family convince Linda that she is emotionless. Written in the author’s signature “aesthetic” style, this 1919 novel is a bleakly naturalistic portrait of a soul unable to connect with others.

This gripping hybrid of adventure and romance, originally published in the 1918 collection Gold and Iron, is about a man's attempt to escape the stultifying confines of civilization. During his journey in the orange groves of the Georgia coast, he meets a woman who will change his life.

This story of a young American traveling to Cuba in the 1860s to help fight for the island's independence from Spain is driven not so much by action, but by the gorgeous language and rich atmospheres created by the author. Strangely mesmerizing...A perfect read for those who want to lose themselves in the exquisite words of a master writer.

The story of Lee Randon who was lost in the fascination of Cytherea and reached out into the uncharted seas beyond his marriage. A sensational novel that cause quite a sensation when published, and was made into a movie.

The maid, smartly capped in starched ruffled muslin and black, who admitted them to the somber luxury of the rectory, hesitated in unconcealed sulky disfavor. "Doctor Goodlowe has hardly started dinner," she asserted. "Just ask him to come out for a little," the man repeated. He was past middle age,...