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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... reckoned . One after the other , those seven precious balls lost themselves yonder in the woods , all ex- cept the last that cut off a runbush limb and buried itself in a poplar , just missing a black squirrel spread - eagled upside ...
... reckoned . One after the other , those seven precious balls lost themselves yonder in the woods , all ex- cept the last that cut off a runbush limb and buried itself in a poplar , just missing a black squirrel spread - eagled upside ...
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... reckoned she was wore out , but never had she felt like this spring and early summer . She reckoned it was the hard winter she put in , clearing more land , chopping down the big butts closest to the barn , niggering them off , plowing ...
... reckoned she was wore out , but never had she felt like this spring and early summer . She reckoned it was the hard winter she put in , clearing more land , chopping down the big butts closest to the barn , niggering them off , plowing ...
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... reckoned him a spirit in his bed gown . And Alec told of the first he ever tasted coffee . It was in a cup , he said , set in a bigger and flatter cup and tasted like neither milk , nor mush , nor hominy . The tears ran down his face ...
... reckoned him a spirit in his bed gown . And Alec told of the first he ever tasted coffee . It was in a cup , he said , set in a bigger and flatter cup and tasted like neither milk , nor mush , nor hominy . The tears ran down his face ...
Términos y frases comunes
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