Description:
A reporter leaves his family in Chicago to travel around the country. After a stay in New Orleans, John Stockton returns to his hometown of Old Harbor, Indiana, where he takes a job as a factory worker. When the owner's wife comes to the factory looking for a gardener, Stockton offers his services. Dark Laughter is a novel by Sherwood Anderson.
Brief description:
Henry Kitchell Webster (1875-1932) was an American novelist and short story writer. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Webster graduated from Hamilton College in 1897 before taking a job as a teacher at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Alongside coauthor Samuel Merwin, Webster found early success with such novels as The Short Line War (1899) and Calumet "K" (1901), the latter a favorite of Ayn Rand's. Webster's stories, often set in Chicago, were frequently released as serials before appearing as bestselling novels, a formula perfected by the author throughout his hugely successful career. By the end of his life, Webster was known across the United States as a leading writer of mystery, science fiction, and realist novels and stories.