Set in a small Southern town in the 1930s, this classic work tells the story of three endearing misfits--an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies--who one day take up residence in a tree house.
THE GRASS HARP is an idyll (a short poem, descriptive of rustic life) about the pure in heart who, like the meek, inherit the earth. All the common impulses of the world are against the trio who find sanctuary in a treehouse. The avaricious sister is outraged. The whole town is shocked and angry, and an armed posse invades the woods to capture the traitors to society and march them back to civilization. One of the deputy sheriffs, doing his duty, shoots the youth and wounds him. But THE GRASS HARP, being pure in heart itself, shows how much stronger the people of spirit are than the people of cant, discipline and selfishness. Their triumph is modest and humble, but it is unmistakable in a final scene written with great tenderness." �NY Times.
THE GRASS HARP is an idyll (a short poem, descriptive of rustic life) about the pure in heart who, like the meek, inherit the earth. All the common impulses of the world are against the trio who find sanctuary in a treehouse. The avaricious sister is outraged. The whole town is shocked and angry, and an armed posse invades the woods to capture the traitors to society and march them back to civilization. One of the deputy sheriffs, doing his duty, shoots the youth and wounds him. But THE GRASS HARP, being pure in heart itself, shows how much stronger the people of spirit are than the people of cant, discipline and selfishness. Their triumph is modest and humble, but it is unmistakable in a final scene written with great tenderness." �NY Times.
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