The Man of Promise (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Wright, Willard Huntington) |
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Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Man of Promise The fever of commercial enterprise and extension had never inflamed the blood of Greenwood. The city lay in a coign of the foothills through which the Susquehanna had pierced an uneven course. The river ran at the foot of the town which spread out comfortably, without regard for distances, to the north. Beyond the green valley where the white houses grouped themselves, and partially flanking it on the east and west, the green hills rose and undulated into the distance, like great swells of the sea. On the south bank of the river, the hills ascended more abruptly, their sinuous crests modulating into the perspective of distance. Geographically, Greenwood possessed an air of solitude and isolation. This was emphasized by the character of its houses, the majority of which had been built in early colonial times. They were spacious and simple houses, dignified and rarely ornate, set in the centre of large gardens. They possessed a serene, if decadent, atmosphere attesting to old-world influence. Greenwood had retained its heritage of early culture - a culture transplanted from Europe during the political and religious upheavals in the early part of the nineteenth century. Its inhabitants had been people of means and imperturbable ideals. The families were mainly of gentle stock, and for over three generations had been but little contaminated by the hectic march of a new-world progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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