"Woods Runner" Epilogue The book "Woods runner" tells the story of a young boy living in a British Colony in the time of the Revolutionary War. The British eventually come to Pennsylvania and one day while he is hunting and he realizes they have burned his house down with his parents inside. He later investigates and finds bodies in the burned down house but aren't his parents and believes they are still alive. He follows the trail of the British soldiers and learns that their headquarters are stationed in New York City. He then sets on a journey to the headquarters in New York City to rescue his parents. On his journey he meets a young girl named Annie Clark who joins him on his journey because she has lost her parents in the war. Later, …show more content…
they finally reach New York City and meets a patriot spy, Abner McDougal, who helps them find Samuel's parents. When Samuel finds his parents they decide to return safely to Pennnsylvania where he convinces his parents to adopt Annie as their own. Once they are home safely and everyone settles in Samuel decides to go into the war and his parents begin to work at an orphanage. It was the day Samuel was leaving to New Jersey where he would be stationed.
Samuel was quite excited but had a fear of dying in the war as did his parents for him. He knew he would be promoted quickly and would be a good soldier with his hunting background, and yes he loved to hunt. He was even the hunter for the family and provided them with the foods they needed, but he needed to do his service in the war and so he did. He started out in the military as a frontier man but was quickly promoted to the militia after only being there for about a year. After a couple of months Samuel would meet his best friend in the militia, William Millington. William and Samuel shared similar skills and hobbies as they both loved to hunt, they also had similar interests and were very close in age. After another year they were both promoted up to Brigadier generals and by this time they were about as close as …show more content…
brothers. It was a very cold and brutal winter and Samuel and William were almost promoted to Major Generals for their unbelievable work as they were killing and capturing the British one by one. One of the coldest days of the year when the generals ran into a group of hessian soldiers who happen to get the first shot off. They hit William with their first shot directly in the shoulder and he immedialty fell to cold ground. Samuel and his soldiers fired back as quickly as they could and fough of the battle with the hessians. Samuel didn't know whether William would make it, but he and his soldiers rushed him to army surgeons as quickly as they could. It was then that Samuel was promoted to a Major General, the highest rank in the army. William was wounded very badly and get worse as Samuel was becoming a known general for he had never lost a battle. It was about a year since William was shot that Samuel was getting very worried about and hadn't seen him since he was wounded, Samuel saw him one last time before he had to go and fight in a huge battle. Samuel took control and won that battle, but it was another harsh winter and William couldn't survive. Samuel always blamed himself for the death of his best friend and would never get over his loss, Samuel bare the pain any longer, so would retire and return home. When he return he would find that his parents have retired from the orphanage and his sister had moved to Georgia to work at an orphanage there. His mother was very sick with a mix of pneumonia and bronchitis and his dad could no longer work as he had to take care of his wife. It was the cold winters they were getting they was making her sicker and sicker and all she would be able to do was lay in bad and listen and talk to her husband and her son. Samuel told his parents of his friend William and how he had passed and of the fun he had with him and the memories. His parents were very happy to hear he had met such a good friend, but very heartbroken when they heard their son's best friend had died from the war. Another year passed and it was the worst winter they had ever experienced and his mother was so very ill. The doctors told his father and him that there was nothing they could do anymore and she would pass soon. Samuel had taken this one even harder than the death of William and couldn't grasp his own mothers death, but when she passed he understood and was proud the life she lived. After a year with his father Samuel decided to go down to visit his adopted sister Annie. So he set for his journey to Georgia where Annie had lived. She was so excited to see his and congratulate him on all his accomplishments in the army as she was told he was the best general in the world, and so he was. Annie was now 16, and Samuel was astonished at how much his sister had grown and matured, when told that she was his sister he didn't believe it. He was amazed at how much work she had done and how had grew and developed his one orphanage. It was about a year or two of Samuel being down there when Annie and him had decided to move back to Pennsylania to take care of their father. Samuel immediately fell in love especially with two children, a boy and girl named, James and Sophia. When they returned home they decided to adopt the two children as their own. Their father was getting ill when they returned, and Samuel was very worried for he didn't want to lose another part of his family. It was now a year after their return, their father had been getting much better and finally beat his illness. Once their father was now healthy again they all decided to stay living together with the two adopted children, but now they would open their own orphanage. It was now ten years after Samuel had gone to war and about seven since his retirement from the best general in the world.
Samuel and Annie's father was now quite ill a disease that was unknown to them. Doctors told them they didn't specifically know the illness or disease of what their father had, but they had done all they could for him. It was in the fall their father had passed and what a sad day it was for both of them. Their was one promise Samuel had made to his father before he passed his father said "Samuel promise me you will live a happy life, and son promise me you marry Annie, I can see the love you have for her." As Samuel did love her he wouldn't know if he could marry her, but he promised his father anything he had asked for. Now it was the spring, Samuel and Annie were getting married as it was legal since they were not born of the same parents. Annie would later get pregnant with a baby boy for that would be named William Millington Smith after Samuel's best friend who had passed, William
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In the book “Hear the Wind Blow” by Mary Downing Hahn takes place in Virginia during the Civil War. Haswell’s problem is that his home was burnt down by Yankee soldiers and his mother died of a fever leaving him and his little sister Rachel orphans and nothing but a horse, old blankets and a root cellar with minimal food. Haswell decides to travel with his sister to the grandmother's farm but when they find the house in shambles and no one there they head for Winchester to find their uncle. When they get there they find the uncle is housing a Yankee soldier. Haswell's main conflict is that he needs to find his older brother Avery, who is fighting in Petersburg. Haswell travels down to southern Virginia in search of his brother. His conflict
Later on that day their mom called for some help to come get her and their brother Bobby, when they car came he had to get in a hurst. After all that happened they finally found out what Bobby had.. it was polio what bobby had they knew things would really change after that. So the next day after Ann Fay found out that Bobby had polio she didn't know how she was gonna tell the twins. When Ann Fay told the twins they really didn’t know what polio was so of course Ann Fay had to tell them. The next day Ann Fay had to wake them up get them dressed washed their face and feed them breakfast, she was already toren all up because of what happened to her little brother. Before her daddy left he had gave her some overalls to be the man of the house and help her mom with the kids while he was gone to the war. Ann Fay knew with overalls she was gonna be doing everything now that her little brother has
This is the story of Mr. Myles and Sam three years after the last gathering at the community garden. Mr. Myles has died during another stroke and his life has flashed before his eyes. Meanwhile, Sam is planning a funeral for him, and has invited the seedfolks to attend. The paragraphs alternate between Sam and Mr. Myles narrating. First is Sam then Mr. Myles. Then Sam is narrating again, and then Mr. Myles, and so on.
A year passes without any incidents and senior patiently waiting, knowing was once again junior’s mischief was upon them. Senior gets a call from Miss Daisy Windsor, her complaint about Junior was very sever and she had to speak with Lawrence Senior as soon as possible about his sons actions. Senior walked in and his flashy gold watch and diamond ring blinded Miss Daisy. She implied that he was a very wealthy man. She looked inside his eyes and saw dollar signs. Lawrence writes a check for his sons actions and a little more. He then walks out a very happy man. They had a deep connection and Senior realized he made a big mistake knowing he betrayed Mrs. Lawrence. The affair continued for 3 years. Mrs. Lawrence never found out, never even expected the
The Jump-Off Creek introduces the reader to the unforgiving Blue Mountains and the harsh pioneer lifestyle with the tale of Lydia Sanderson, a widow who moves west from Pennsylvania to take up residence in a rundown homestead. She and other characters battle nature, finances, and even each other on occasion in a fight for survival in the harsh Oregon wilderness. Although the story is vividly expressed through the use of precise detail and 1800s slang, it failed to give me a reason to care because the characters are depicted as emotionally inhibited.
“And maybe, if I had been destined to it or called to it strongly enough, it might have been for me.” Jayber was hoping that aunt Cordie and uncle Othy did not die during the winter season but there was nothing he could do when they got but take care of them both. “ By “bachelor” I mean, as was generally meant, a man old enough to be married who was not married and who had no visible chance to get married.” He wanted to marry Mattie Chatham, but she was married to Troy, and she thought Troy was the one that made her dreams come true. “ Maybe they had taken notice of my habit of keeping the shop open at night as long as people was there.” As long as people stayed at the shop after closing, hoping Jayber wanted them to stay for company. When everybody left Jayber, he was hoping for an impel and to start his own family. Jayber was looking to start a fresh new way, but he could not because he want to live the rest of his life with her. He moved along the riverside bank to be to himself, in a house that a friend had gave him with no rent. Being left alone, with nowhere to call home was the saddest thing could happen to anyone. “ By then I had no living relative, or none who was known of me.” In Port William, Jayber did not have a family because they all had died during the winter season. Jayber had taught himself how to do everything he needs to know to survive, therefore he taught himself how to be a
... harsh and tragic. Similarly, Hodgins symbolizes a life full of hardships in Portuguese Creek with the death of Elizabeth, for she had been the only good thing that had come out of the war. The positives of the families and communities working together were ultimately overshadowed by the negativity of these same families and communities falling apart; only further showing readers that new beginnings are not a chance for a better life, but center stage for one that is worse.
Christopher John Francis Boone is the main character in the story. His father, mother, Mr. Shears,
The book I chose to read is called, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by: Richard Louv. I chose this book for a few different reasons. One reason I chose this book was because I’ m highly interested in the whole concept of the book and feel very passionate about its reasoning. I also thought it would be a great read to guide me towards a topic for my main project at the end of the Lemelson program. On the plus side, I “read” this book through audible, which enabled me to listed to the book on my drive to and from work everyday. I commonly do this because of my forty-five minute commute from Truckee to Spanish Springs.
This story took place on the frontier, in the summer of 1768, in Maine's woods. Matt Hallowell and his father stake a claim in Maine territory. Once they find the perfect place, they build a new cabin. There were many trees around and a river close by where they could get water and food. There was even enough room to plant corn. There weren't any other settlers there. After Matt and his father got the place ready, they both decided that Matt would stay to guard the new cabin while his dad went back to Massachusetts to get the rest of the family including Matt's mother who was going to have a baby and his sister. Matt is only twelve years old and he has to stay by himself in the wilderness. He is scared but knows he can do it.
The primary historical event affecting the story happens before Bryson's journey on the trail. The Great Depression was the economic downturn of the United States. It caused the majority of Americans to become destitute and eager to find work to support themselves and their families. The drive to open a personal business was crushed by the harshness of the Great Depression. The empty building Bill saw on his journey were all remnants of the failed business endeavors. The historical setting of A Walk in the Woods also falls under the period where more individuals were leaving their rural lives to find opportunity in the city. The farming regions visited by Bill have been abandoned and forgotten by the people who once lived there. With the withdrawal of the human interference in those communities nature has come to reclaim its lost territory. The
Song of the Trail is by the author Mabel Earp Cason. Pacific Press Association published this book in in 1953, with 241. It is fiction and has a little drama. This book is about two boys, David and Diego, who go on the trail in Arizona with Jess Cameron’s sheep. They help him along the way and face many problems, even when they have to lead the sheep themselves.
“Now go like an Indian True Son. Give me no more shame.” The light in the forest is a historical fiction novel that tells the story of a young boy who resents being returned to his natural parents. John Butler was at the tender age of 4 when Delaware Indians captured him during a raid on his father’s farm in western Pennsylvania. Adopted by a tribal chief and renamed True Son, he lived for more than a decade in the Ohio wilderness until Colonel Bouquet’s treaty with the Delaware Indians called for reparation of all white captives. On True Son’s reluctant journey to the Paxton settlement, he sees an ancient sycamore that symbolizes his predicament. A dead limb points to the white settlement, while a live branch points back to his beloved Indian culture. The conflict in this story turns on these two claims to his loyalty.
Samuel grew up striving to survive with his Mom in a tumble-down house. After his mother died Samuel lived in the poorhouse; however, when he was caught trying to steal his mother’s locket from a pawnshop he was arrested. Instead of getting hung, the magistrate dragged Samuel down to an orphanage run by Reverend Hunt. Samuel’s main lesson he learns on the street is that to survive you must never trust anyone, therefore, in the orphanage he never made friends. For example, he fought to settle arguments and defend himself from name calling: “I knew only one way to settle the argument: with my fist” (7). One day he and two other boys in the orphanage, Richard and James, are picked as pages for several men aboard ships bound for the New World. The goal
The more the Robinsons explored the woods, the more they found things that would make life easier. They soon discovered some kind of wax berries which they melted and made into candles. They even found a huge salt cavern! The cavern was big enough for them and their supplies, so they moved in, for the rainy season was coming fast. They built stables for their animals, a canoe, and a loom for Mother. The Robinsons were very creative. They made the worst situation into something good and before they knew it, they had spent ten years living on that deserted island! They knew the island like the back of their own hands and Father and Mother watched their sons grow into manhood, as they too got older.