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Readers who love warm, funny Southern stories will enjoy this novel, with its lively heroine, old houses and big-hearted, eccentric neighbors.
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Would you ride a half-broken colt toward a railroad crossing just to win a race? Miss Lady Carsey does, on a bright Sunday in a Kentucky spring, and that one gallop changes her whole life.
On a hill outside a Kentucky city stands Thornwood, a shabby and loved old mansion. Below lies Bean Alley, where poor families live beside the dump heap.
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- 1A Kentucky spring and a motherless girlFree
- 2A wild ride ends at the railroad gates
- 3A rainy night at the Cant-Pass-It
- 4Chick the ash-barrel boy sees too much
- 5A promise to Daddy and a burned letter
- 6An unlikely marriage to the Doctor
- 7Old love wakes up on a Christmas night
- 8Money, honor and a bank that fails
- 9Kindness is Miss Lady's way of changing lives
- 10Humor and rhythm shape the telling
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A Kentucky spring and a motherless girl
The book opens on Thornwood, the old Carsey mansion on Billy-goat Hill. Colonel Bob Carsey sits on the porch making a mint julep and bellowing for his servant Jimpson, who is late with the ice.
The heart of the house is the Colonel's daughter, called Miss Lady. Her mother died when she was born, so the Colonel has been father, mother and playmate ever since. She can fish, ride and shoot as well as any man in the county. A boarding school could not hold her, so she does her sums with a stick in river sand. What marks her out is simple. She is usually happy.
Then Donald Morley, a rich young man from the city, keeps turning up on the porch. He claims no girl could handle the Colonel's wild colt, Prince, and the proud Colonel shouts for the saddle.
The opening shows a girl who is free, loved and sure of her world, and that makes everything after it matter.
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About 5 h 40 min to read.Questions about Un romanzo sulla Collina della Capra
What is A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill about?
It follows Miss Lady Carsey, a high-spirited Kentucky girl, and Donald Morley, a charming drifter. A shooting in a saloon, a bank failure and a poor boy named Chick tie together the families of Thornwood and Bean Alley.
Who is Miss Lady in the book?
Miss Lady is the nickname of Colonel Bob Carsey's daughter. Her father could never choose a name for her, so servants and neighbors called her Miss Lady, and she refused to give it up.
What is Billy-Goat Hill?
It is the hill outside a Kentucky city where the story is set. Thornwood, the Carsey mansion, stands below Angora Heights, and poor families live in Bean Alley, near the dump heap.
Is A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill easy to read?
Yes, in its clear, plain language. The chapters are short, the dialogue is lively and the comic side characters keep each scene moving, so the story is easy to follow and pleasant to listen to.
What is the main message of the book?
The book shows that love needs warmth and not only respect, that honor sometimes costs everything, and that practical kindness can change a whole community. Even the weakest voice can matter.
Cite this edition
Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-romance-of-billy-goat-hill.
Rice, A. C. H. (2026). A romance of Billy-Goat Hill. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-romance-of-billy-goat-hill (Original work published 1912)
Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-romance-of-billy-goat-hill.
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author = {Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan},
title = {A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-romance-of-billy-goat-hill},
note = {First published 1912}
}
