Red Ike — S. Fowler Wright

When Red Ike and his friend Will Moffatt accidentally spy two of their friends making love "under the Brutchstone" in rural Cumberland County, England, in 1883, they set in motion a series of events that will profoundly affect their own lives and those of their families and neighbors. Over the course of years, both men serve time in prison for crimes they never committed, and both are separated from the women they love. Yet somehow they persevere through great difficulties and hardships. This is a magnificent tale of struggle, survival, and the great English countryside, now brought back in print after many decades.