1902. How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for one John Law of Lauriston. 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. The book begins: Gentlemen, this is America! The speaker cast upon the cloth-covered table a singular object, whose like none of those present had ever seen. They gathered about and bent over it curiously. This is that America, the speaker repeated. Here you have it, barbaric, wonderful, abounding! See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.