First published in 1912, A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill carries readers into a steep, ramshackle quarter of Louisville, Kentucky, where lean times are softened by quick wit, open doors, and stubborn affection. Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, the beloved author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, once again finds humor and dignity in a neighborhood the world overlooks, following her characters through small kindnesses, tangled loyalties, and a love story that bridges the gap between the hill and the city below. This edition returns the complete, unabridged original text to print, paired with a new introduction situating the novel in Rice's life and in the tradition of warm-hearted American regional fiction, along with reader's notes illuminating the places, customs, and language of its era. By turns funny, tender, and quietly wise, it is a book about how community is made. Part of The Founding Texts Library.