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Sentry edition volume 1
Language
English
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Based on a trip with his brother in 1839, "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is an excellent example of Thoreau's talent for naturalistic writing. In exquisite detail Thoreau depicts the nature that surrounds him over the course of his trip. One of only two books to be published during his lifetime, Thoreau began work on "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" following his brother's death in 1842, however the work was not fully completed...
2) O pioneers!
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Language
English
Description
"Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend." "The heroic battle for survival of simple pioneer folk in the Nebraska country of the 1880s. John Bergson, a Swedish farmer, struggles desperately with the soil but dies unsatisfied. His daughter Alexandra resolves to vindicate his faith, and her strong character carries her weak older brothers and her mother alng to a new zest...
Author
Series
Sentry edition volume 6
Language
English
Description
The Harvard educated historian relates the history of seafaring Massachusetts during the period when the clipper ship dominated the seas. In his preface Morison states that this is "no catalogue of ships, or a naval chronicle, but a story of maritime enterprise; and of the shipping, seaborne commerce, whaling and fishing belonging to one American Commonwealth".
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1951
Physical Desc
485 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel about a man with a European background and a woman whose culture is mid-west American, following their different lives after a childhood meeting until their reunion as adults after World War I.
Author
Series
Sentry edition volume SE 8
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1959]
Physical Desc
xvi, 290 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A study of the civilizations of the Zuni Indians, the natives of Dobu, and the Kwakiutl Indians.
Series
Sentry edition volume 86
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1978
Physical Desc
xlvii, 555 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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