The Worship of the Golden Calf: A Story of Wage-slavery in Massachusetts
Publisher: C. Sheldon French
Published: 1908
First sentence: The snows had begun to disappear from the far-famed valleys of Berkshire; the mountain-tops and slopes were still white; in the softening air was the promise of the return of birds and flowers; Nature was relenting from her winter harshness, but man was less kindly than Nature.