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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN num: 9780821409787
ISBN number: 0821409786
Label: Ohio University Press
Manufacturer: Ohio University Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 167
Printing Date: May 01, 1991
Publishing house: Ohio University Press
Sale Popularity Level: 46660
Studio: Ohio University Press
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The Trees is a moving novel of the beginning of the American trek to the west. Toward the close of the eighteenth century, the land west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River was an unbroken sea of trees. Beneath them the forest trails were dark, silent, and lonely, brightened only by a few lost beams of sunlight. Here, in the very first novel of Conrad Richter’s Awakening Land trilogy, the Lucketts, a wild, woods-faring family, lived their roaming life, pushing ever westward as the frontier advanced and as new settlements threatened their isolation. This novel gives an excellent feel for America's lost woods culture, which was created when most of the eastern midwest was a vast hardwood forest---virtually a jungle. The Trees conveys settler life, including conflicts with Native Americans, illness, hunting, family dynamics, and marriage.
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I absolutely love the Awakening Land. I am not sure why they do not publish the three books together anymore. This story has stayed with me ever since I read it. Everytime I walk in the woods, I think of this story. It just really makes you appreciate the bravery of those who settled in our frontier. This was a brillant and captivating series that everyone should read in their lifetime. I really wish the movie would be released again. It is definately worth seeing.
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If you are looking for something good to read, you might want to try this older American Literature by Conrad Richter, The Trees--what a great story. I have really enjoyed this, and it helped that years ago I had seen the film of The Awakening Land, so it was easy to picture and hear the voice of Elizabeth Montgomery as Sayward.
Karen Loving
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I live in North Carolina in the middle of a forest, but I can see neighbors out my window, I can drive easily to the city, and the deers scatter if I clap my hands. But in Conrad Richter's THE TREES, the Luckett family could not even see the sky above their forest across the Ohio River from their former home in Pennsylvania.
Richter makes us feel claustrophobic living the life of the white settlers in Indian land. His characters survive from one hunt for meat till the next, and their low supply of flour prevents the mother, Jary, from enjoying her last days.
The family is kept together by older sister Sayward after a series of tragedies. Sayward has her feet on the ground, and her head in the clouds of a positive attitude. Nothing seems to bother her outwardly, and her strength only increases.
Near the end of the book, Sayward's siblings are grown up and Sayward begins her life over again, still resolutely fighting the "big butts," those huge trees that surround her.
This book is in my top ten of all time.
by Larry Rochelle, author of GULF GHOST and HOME SCHOOLED.
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This should be required reading for all students. Great historical fiction of America's early pioneers.
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When I very first began reading The Trees, I thought I would have to force myself to sit down and read it, but once I got into it, I could not put it down. The story is captivating and enthralling. For anyone who is interested in the struggles of moving West in the 1800's or who just likes an interesting story, would really enjoy reading The Trees. By the end of the book, I felt like I knew the characters and craved more. Luckily, there are sequels, which I can not wait to read.
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