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Excerpt from Amanda: A Daughter of the MennonitesThe scorching heat Of a midsummer day beat mercilessly upon the earth. Travelers on the dusty roads, toilers in the fields, and others exposed to the rays of the sun, thought yearningly Of cooling winds and running streams. They would have looked with envy upon the scene being enacted in one Of the small streams of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There a little red-haired girl, barefooted, her s...

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Excerpt from The Madonna of the CurbOn the curb Of a city pavement, By the ash and garbage cans, In the stench and rolling thunder: Of motor trucks and vans, There sits my little lady.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct...

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Excerpt from Amanda: A Daughter of the MennonitesThe scorching heat Of a midsummer day beat mercilessly upon the earth. Travelers on the dusty roads, toilers in the fields, and others exposed to the rays of the sun, thought yearningly Of cooling winds and running streams. They would have looked with envy upon the scene being enacted in one Of the small streams of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There a little red-haired girl, barefooted, her s...

Anna Balmer Myers was an American author of romantic novels featuring the local color of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was born in Lancaster County in Manheim, Pennsylvania and attended school there. She later attended Drexel University and lived and worked as a schoolteacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her most well known work is Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites (1921), other works include Patchwork, a Story of "the Plain People...

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Excerpt: ...college and rushes over to see you first thing.”, He entered the yard and Amanda bade him, “, Come up. Sit down, ”, as she took a chair on the porch. “, So you’, re back for the summer, Lyman.”, “, Yes. Aren’, t you delighted?”, He smiled at her teasingly. “, I’, m back to the ‘, sauerkraut patch’, again. Glory, I wish Dad would sell out and move to some decent place....

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

Excerpt from The Plain People of the Plain People The gorgeous sunshine of a perfect June morning invited to the great outdoors. Exquisite perfume from myriad blossoms tempted lovers of nature to get away from cramped, man-made buildings, out under the blue roof of heaven, and revel in the lavish splendor of the day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbook...

Excerpt from The Madonna of the Curb The Madonna of the Curb On the curb of a city pavement, By the ash and garbage cans, In the stench and rolling thunder, Of motor trucks and vans, There sits my little lady, With brave but troubled eyes, And in her arms a baby That cries and cries and cries. She cannot be more than seven, But years go fast in the slums, And hard on the pains of winter The pitiless summer comes. The wail of sickly ...

Anna Balmer Myers was an American author of romantic novels featuring the local colour of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her most well known work is Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites (1921). Myers' work is frequently viewed as a gentle corrective to the harsh misrepresentations of the novelist Helen Reimensnyder Martin. Her other works include Patchwork: A Story of "the Plain People" (1920), Madonna of the Curb (1922), I Lift My Lamp, and ...

Anna Balmer Myers was an American author of romantic novels featuring the local colour of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her most well known work is Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites (1921). Myers' work is frequently viewed as a gentle corrective to the harsh misrepresentations of the novelist Helen Reimensnyder Martin. Her other works include Patchwork: A Story of "the Plain People" (1920), Madonna of the Curb (1922), I Lift My Lamp, and ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.