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The Hidden Places, Classics To Go

Hollister returns from war with his face badly disfigured so that former friends no longer recognize him. His wife is gone, remarried. All his belongings are also gone. He's very depressed. He had been officially declared dead in World War I. He self-isolates in the forest, hoping to overcome his depression. But, it turns out, guess who lives nearby? (Goodreads)

Bertrand W. Sinclair

Bertrand William Sinclair (1881–1972) was a Canadian novelist known for a series of westerns set in the United States, and also for a series of novels set in his home province of British Columbia. In writing about the outdoors, Sinclair was influenced in his portrayals by Jack London. In his works treating social causes, he was influenced by Upton Sinclair, who may have been a cousin. Over the years 1905-40 Sinclair wrote over 60 stories and 11 "novelettes".

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