West of the HillMacmillan Company, 1949 - 248 страница "Here is a heart-warming novel about Maine people two generations ago. The tall, chestnut-haired girl named Molly had grown up in an atmosphere of poverty, loneliness, and fear among the fishermen who worked along the coast, shut off from the inland farms by a great forest-covered hill. "West of the Hill" meant happiness to Molly - an impossible dream. But the dream came true when she bundled up her few rags and rode off with stalwart young Brad Hartwell, fish peddler and farmer. |
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... close by the open window and kept an old news- paper by her place for waving away the flies which buzzed over the warmth of the food . She grew quite familiar with the head- lines of those papers , keeping them so close to her a week at ...
... close by the open window and kept an old news- paper by her place for waving away the flies which buzzed over the warmth of the food . She grew quite familiar with the head- lines of those papers , keeping them so close to her a week at ...
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... close to Molly Hartwell ; and he did not look at her . His eyes were on the boxes . When Joe raised the one wrapped in yellow cloth above his head , Gran took one step forward . " How much am I bid ? " Joe asked . " Nice big box . Fancy ...
... close to Molly Hartwell ; and he did not look at her . His eyes were on the boxes . When Joe raised the one wrapped in yellow cloth above his head , Gran took one step forward . " How much am I bid ? " Joe asked . " Nice big box . Fancy ...
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... close and all knowledge - and possessions - are shared . The spread of disease , for instance , can be prevented only if the ill are properly cared for . A case of diphtheria cannot be properly cared for in a chopper's shanty . But ...
... close and all knowledge - and possessions - are shared . The spread of disease , for instance , can be prevented only if the ill are properly cared for . A case of diphtheria cannot be properly cared for in a chopper's shanty . But ...
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