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Seven Generations Left on the Old Homestead Hill
An aging farmer and his wife cling to a creaking homestead that has sheltered seven generations. Their seven sons have scattered to cities across the country, from Chicago to the Pacific coast, leaving loneliness and weekly letters tracing nature, crops, and a distant life. The mother writes each day to a different son, sharing woodland scenes, poultry, and harvest news, while the eldest occupied with livestock and remembered through the pets and blooms around the old house.
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Andy
Chicago
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Billy
n-New York
Thi
Pio