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Readers who love warm, heartfelt stories of mountain life, a girl with a calling, and a doctor's work at the bedside. If friendship, faith, hospital scenes and a gentle romance appeal to you, Rose's story will feel like home.
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A tired city doctor is lost in the Cumberland Mountains with his dog, his rifle and the evening closing in. He fights through laurel and rhododendron, climbs toward a clearing, and bursts through a cabin door in a tumble. A kettle of stew crashes beside a barefoot girl, who laughs through her tears.
Smiles: A Rose of the Cumberlands is a novel by Eliot H. Robinson, set in the early 1910s and carried through the years of the First World War. It follows Rose Webb, called Smiles, a mountain girl raised by an old giant of a hunter, who decides she will become a trained nurse for sick children. You get a warm, old-fashioned story of loyalty, jealousy, faith and a calling that costs something to follow.
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- 1A lost doctor tumbles into a cabinFree
- 2Big Jerry and jealous Judd share the first supper
- 3A foundling's story and a dream of nursing
- 4Letters and gifts carry the friendship through a year
- 5A mountain minister opens a spiritual clinic
- 6A wounded arm and a failing heart
- 7A fight in the hills and a dog's sacrifice
- 8A blizzard, a telegram and a baby in danger
- 9A surgery by firelight changes everyone
- 10Boston, training and a smile that carries others
- 11What the story is really about and how it is told
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A lost doctor tumbles into a cabin
Donald MacDonald is a children's doctor from Boston, built like the football fullback he once was. On a summer hunting trip, he admits to his dog Mike that they are lost. The sun is sinking behind the western ridge.
He climbs toward a clearing and a weathered cabin. A pack of gaunt dogs rushes him, and he backs toward the door. The latch gives way, and man and dog fall inside together. A kettle of stew clatters to the floor.
By the fireplace stands a girl of about fifteen, holding one burned foot in her hands. Her eyes are full of tears, but then she laughs at how funny he looked, rolling over the dog. Donald salves and bandages the burn, and she invites him to supper without a thought of payment. Mike, who bristles at strangers, licks her bare foot at once. A clumsy fall through a cabin door starts a bond that will last for years.
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- LengthAbout 87,400 words
- Reading timeAbout 6 h 5 min
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What is Smiles: A Rose of the Cumberlands about?
It follows Rose Webb, a mountain orphan called Smiles, who sets out to become a trained children's nurse after meeting a Boston doctor. It is a story of loyalty, friendship, faith and love that moves from a cabin to a city hospital.
Who is Smiles in the book?
Smiles is the nickname of Rose Webb, a girl raised in the Cumberland Mountains by Big Jerry. She is named for her radiant smile, which lifts the people around her and helps her face hardship.
When was Smiles written and is it a true story?
It is a novel by Eliot H. Robinson, set in the 1910s and the years of the First World War. The characters are invented, but the hospital and surgical scenes were drawn with help from real doctors and nurses.
Is Smiles easy to read?
The story moves along through clear scenes, short chapters, letters and diary pages. Mountain speech is part of the charm and quickly becomes familiar, and the medical scenes are explained in plain words as they go.
What is the main message of Smiles?
The book says that service to others, especially to children, gives a life its worth. It shows that courage can wear a smile, that faith can grow through honest questions, and that kindness can heal old quarrels.
Cite this edition
Robinson, Eliot H. 'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/smiles-a-rose-of-the-cumberlands.
Robinson, E. H. (2026). 'Smiles': A rose of the Cumberlands. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/smiles-a-rose-of-the-cumberlands (Original work published 1919)
Robinson, Eliot H. 'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/smiles-a-rose-of-the-cumberlands.
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