I Await the Devil's Coming is a shocking, brave and intellectually challenging diary of a 19-year-old girl living in Butte, Montana in 1902. Written in potent, raw prose that propelled the author to celebrity upon publication, the book has since undeservedly lapsed into relative obscurity. In the early 20th century, MacLane's work was praised for its daringly open and confessional style. Back in print with a new foreword, I Await the Devil's Coming stands poised to renew its reputation as one of America's earliest and most powerful accounts of feminist thought.
