Miss Lou and Driven Back to Eden

Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was the most popular American novelist during his time, selling more copies than even Mark Twain. The Boston Courier said that Driven Back to Eden "contains enough adventure to easily carry off the details of practical life, which the author gives with an air of authority that can only arise from experience." Miss Lou, dedicated to his youngest daughter, was left unfinished when he died suddenly in 1888.