A young man sets out to hitchhike Europe, meets interesting people and has extraordinary experiences. His travels are abruptly halted and his future is significantly altered when he is left for dead after coming to the rescue of an older lady and gentlemen. Now, as the coffins are being lowered into the ground in a centuries-old cemetery in England, Richard Lion begins to recall fragments of memories, glimpses in his mind of how he fought to escape death, his awakening and how in a remarkable chain of events, he became the heir to a title and a fortune and had to fight and survive in order to keep them.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

An interesting cast of characters and stories reveal Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, also known as the center of Pennsylvania Dutch country. Fiery Patriots, resourceful inventors and brilliant artists have all hailed from Lancaster County. The lives and deeds of such famous and ordinary folk of Pennsylvania Dutch country are chronicled by Jack Brubaker in this collection of fascinating vignettes drawn from his Lancaster New Era column, "The Scribbler." From tales of President James Buchanan's youthful antics to the attempted delivery of the nation's first airmail by hot-air balloon, Brubaker creates a compelling and entertaining narrative of the history of Lancaster City and County. Memories of the original Brunswick Hotel's shoofly pie and the Horse Thief Association of Intercourse will transport readers to a Lancaster from days gone by.