The Heart's Desire

""The Heart's Desire"" is a novel written by Emerson Hough. The story revolves around two main characters, Johnnie and Mary, who are childhood sweethearts. Johnnie is a young man who is passionate about his work as a cowboy, while Mary is a beautiful and intelligent young woman who dreams of a better life. The two of them are deeply in love, but their relationship is tested when Johnnie leaves to work on a cattle drive. Mary is left behind, and she begins to question whether Johnnie will ever return to her. As Johnnie faces many challenges on the trail, he begins to realize that his heart's desire is to be with Mary. But will he be able to make it back to her before it's too late? This book is a classic tale of love, adventure, and the pursuit of one's dreams.1903. The story of a contented town certain peculiar citizens and two fortunate lovers. Hough's literary career grew out of his taking camping trips and writing about them for publication. His body of work eventually included 27 novels and hundreds of short stories and articles. Hough's early works included The Singing Mouse Stories, for children, and the nonfiction Story of the Cowboy. He had his first major success in 1902 with his novel The Mississippi Bubble, which became a bestseller. Heart's Desire begins: It looks a long way across from here to the States, said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide. We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pins. This was a favorite pausing place of all travelers between the county seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable viewpoint in a land full of noble views. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.