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ID
b16
Title
'The Shepherd'
Genre
Story
Page Count
11
Word Count
2350
Publisher
Nation and Athenaeum
Publication Year
1927
Topics
Death, Rural Living, Youth

A portrait of a young shepherd braving stormy weather in search of a doctor for his pregnant wife, then returning to find that the baby was stillborn.

In the Nation and Athenaeum (August 27, 1927), Day's End and Other Stories (1928).