The Long Journey by Elsie Singmaster
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"The Long Journey" by Elsie Singmaster is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Conrad Weiser, a thirteen-year-old boy living in the ravaged village of Gross Anspach, who embarks on a perilous journey with his family and neighbors in pursuit of a better life in the New World. Themes of war, famine, and hope intertwine as the characters dream of a peaceful and prosperous future. The
opening of the novel introduces the Weiser family and their dire circumstances in Gross Anspach, a village devastated by war and the harsh winter. Conrad is tasked with caring for the family's cow, Liesel, and he shares dreams of a new land filled with plentiful resources and freedom from conflict. As the family's patriarch, John Conrad Weiser, gathers the village to propose a journey to escape their suffering, hope flickers amidst their despair. The gathering resonates with a mix of resignation and anticipation as they prepare to leave their homeland for an uncertain but hopeful future. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Singmaster, Elsie, 1879-1958 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Long Journey |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction |
| Subject | Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Fiction |
| Subject | Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 50470 |
| Release Date | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 292 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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