*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1385 *** lin mclean by owen wister dedication my dear harry mercer: when lin mclean was only a hero in manuscript, he received his first welcome and chastening beneath your patient roof. by none so much as by you has he in private been helped and affectionately disciplined, an now you must stand godfather to him upon this public page. always yours, owen wister philadelphia, 1897 how lin mclean went east in the old days, the happy days, when w...