go-it-alone

Updated: May 21, 2025

"That is the first time any one ever offered to take care of me in my life. With me it always has been pretty much of a 'go-it-alone' proposition." "What of Nancy Ellen's did you take?" he asked. "Why didn't you get some gloves? Your hands are so red and work-worn. Mother's never look that way." "Your mother never has done the rough field work I do, and I haven't taken time to be careful.

Gene Stratton-Porter - A Daughter of the Land