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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... mother cooked him and Guerdon a spe- cial supper and his sisters stood around piling more on their two plates than they could eat . All evening company came to hear the story told again and to make a fuss over him . The minister thanked ...
... mother cooked him and Guerdon a spe- cial supper and his sisters stood around piling more on their two plates than they could eat . All evening company came to hear the story told again and to make a fuss over him . The minister thanked ...
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... mother died and he came into his own . He didn't mind it so much as he feared , especially while other members of the family were there . He liked best when the grandchildren came . Then he could even stand in the doorway of his mother's ...
... mother died and he came into his own . He didn't mind it so much as he feared , especially while other members of the family were there . He liked best when the grandchildren came . Then he could even stand in the doorway of his mother's ...
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... mother . I'm sure a good many would want to read it . Especially here in Shawanee county . " Chancey kept a cool silence . Miss Jenkins would be sur- prised , he thought , should he write a piece about his mother and interpret some of ...
... mother . I'm sure a good many would want to read it . Especially here in Shawanee county . " Chancey kept a cool silence . Miss Jenkins would be sur- prised , he thought , should he write a piece about his mother and interpret some of ...
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Achsa ain't Americus asked bedgown boat bound boy butts cabin called Chancey Chancey's circuit rider Covenhoven cows dark Dezia dittany door eyes face father feel felt fetched fire folks Forkville front Genny Genny's George Holcomb George Roebuck girl gone Guerdon hair hand head hear heard heerd Huldah Indian Jake Tench Jary John Quitman Kinzie knew Libby little feller Little Turtle lived loft looked Louie MacWhirter Massey Maytown mighty mind Mollie Weaver Moonshine Church mother never night once pappy Portius Portius's reckoned Resolve rifle river Rosa Saird Sayward thought Sayward told Shawanee sister Sooth stand stay stood talk Tateville tell thing tonight took trees Turkey turned voice wait wanted watched Wheeler woman wondered woods Worth Wyitt young Zephon