''The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life'' is a 1915 novel by

Sinclair Lewis Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was ...

Plot

The story follows the life of Carl Ericson as he grows up and matures. He has to face the choice of either going to his town college, to a private school with a childhood friend, or live in the wilderness with his older friend, who had a cottage in the middle of the forest.

Reception

External links

Digitized copies of ''The Trail of the Hawk''
at

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...

* 1915 American novels Novels by Sinclair Lewis Harper & Brothers books {{1910s-bildungsroman-stub