The Awakening Land: I. The Trees; II. The Fields; III. The TownKnopf, 1966 - 630 páginas As a small girl, Sayward Wheeler and her family walk from Pennsylvania to the wilderness of the Ohio valley where they suffer many hardships and witness the rapid development of the area. |
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... asked Chancey . " I couldn't tell that it was a woman , " he said . " Why not ? " his father asked . " Because when you read it I could see a man all the time . ” " What made you see a man ? " his father persisted . " It was a word in ...
... asked Chancey . " I couldn't tell that it was a woman , " he said . " Why not ? " his father asked . " Because when you read it I could see a man all the time . ” " What made you see a man ? " his father persisted . " It was a word in ...
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... asked in his high voice that gave Chancey the feeling it had been split by an arrow . " They took me when I was just a little tyke , not much bigger'n Chancey ' ar , and my brother Abel about the size of Massey . We was prisoners and ...
... asked in his high voice that gave Chancey the feeling it had been split by an arrow . " They took me when I was just a little tyke , not much bigger'n Chancey ' ar , and my brother Abel about the size of Massey . We was prisoners and ...
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... asked him . " But I can give you an idea . ” " That'll have to do then . ” " You expect to finish it , don't you , Mrs. Wheeler ? ” he asked and looked at her like a grandsire begging for the life of his grand littling . " I can't ...
... asked him . " But I can give you an idea . ” " That'll have to do then . ” " You expect to finish it , don't you , Mrs. Wheeler ? ” he asked and looked at her like a grandsire begging for the life of his grand littling . " I can't ...
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Achsa asked better boat body brother cabin called Chancey close coming couldn't dark deep didn't door eyes face father feel feet felt fetched fire folks front gave Genny girl give gone ground Guerdon hair half hand hard head hear heard hold Huldah Indian Jake keep knew leaves light lived looked Louie mighty mind morning mother moved never night once pappy Portius reckoned Resolve river Rosa Sayward seemed seen side sister sound stand started stay stood stopped strange Sulie talk tell thing thought till told took town trees turned voice wait walk wanted watched Wheeler wild woman wondered woods Worth Wyitt young