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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... river . She told herself she wasn't fretting over Genny . No such thing . She just wondered , where was Genny now , when was she coming back , and would she come " a singin ' or a weepin ' ? " What she went for was mostly to feel the ...
... river . She told herself she wasn't fretting over Genny . No such thing . She just wondered , where was Genny now , when was she coming back , and would she come " a singin ' or a weepin ' ? " What she went for was mostly to feel the ...
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... river to Orleans without paying freight . Or maybe , Genny said , some river Frenchman had stole her in the cabin of his boat and poled off with her up stream . But most likely he had gone down , running with the current by the Forks ...
... river to Orleans without paying freight . Or maybe , Genny said , some river Frenchman had stole her in the cabin of his boat and poled off with her up stream . But most likely he had gone down , running with the current by the Forks ...
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... river . It looked like the river stood still and the bridge moved . It made him drowsy just to see the bridge go up stream over the halted water . Now what was that rapping and knocking ? he wondered , after he napped . He looked down ...
... river . It looked like the river stood still and the bridge moved . It made him drowsy just to see the bridge go up stream over the halted water . Now what was that rapping and knocking ? he wondered , after he napped . He looked down ...
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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