1914. Herrick wrote realistic social novels about the conflict between professional and personal values in American capitalistic society. Clark's Field begins: The other day I happened to be in the town where I was born and not far from the commonplace house in the humbler quarter of the town where my parents were living at the time of my birth, half a century and more ago. I am not fond of my native town, although I lived in the place until I was seventeen or eighteen years old. It was never a distinguished spot and seems to have gained nothing as yet from having been my birthplace. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.