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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... till it met some hole in the chinking . Then it would run in riffles . Oh , they didn't talk taxing yet . That could wait . They hadn't seen each other for a while . The night ought to " bile " with socia- bleness first . Friendly talk ...
... till it met some hole in the chinking . Then it would run in riffles . Oh , they didn't talk taxing yet . That could wait . They hadn't seen each other for a while . The night ought to " bile " with socia- bleness first . Friendly talk ...
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... till the men made a rush , knocked in the heads of the casks , and those with cups , horns or bottles dipped in ... till his face shone . Liveliest and most pleased were the farmers , for those bear and night dogs would raid no more ...
... till the men made a rush , knocked in the heads of the casks , and those with cups , horns or bottles dipped in ... till his face shone . Liveliest and most pleased were the farmers , for those bear and night dogs would raid no more ...
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... till Colonel Suydam gave him a thousand , and now the colonel had cut it up into six parcels and was asking three hundred dollars a lot . Why , he was making more clear profit out of that one piece of her land in six months than she had ...
... till Colonel Suydam gave him a thousand , and now the colonel had cut it up into six parcels and was asking three hundred dollars a lot . Why , he was making more clear profit out of that one piece of her land in six months than she had ...
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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