The Conquest of Canaan (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Joe Louden, once a poor outcast in Canaan, Indiana, returns as a lawyer to find much has changed. After dealing with a love triangle involving a judge’s daughter, he decides to defend an innocent man accused of murder, but must defy the town’s vested interests to do so. This 1905 novel features Tarkington’s gimlet-eyed view of small-town life.