Wanderers of the Field - Couverture souple

Smith, George

 
9780595007578: Wanderers of the Field
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595007570 ISBN 13 : 9780595007578
Editeur : iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

This is a novel about migrant farm workers. All his life Jack O'Neal has known the joy of moving from one place to another, winter and summer, spring and fall, following the crops with his family. Jack is a hard-working boy, and when his father suddenly dies he shoulders the responsibility for supporting himself, his mother, and his little sister. In addition, he takes upon himself the burden of repaying a loan old Colonel House, a plantation owner, had made to Jack's father. Picking, grubbing, and clearing is back-breaking labor for them all, but there is fun and adventure too as they move through the South in the old truck that serves as their home. And they meet all sorts of interesting people, the kind stay-at-homes never get to know. In the end something good happens to Jack, and he knows that thereafter his mother and sister will not have to work the fields again. But not before the reader has had a rare opportunity to get to know

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a novel about migrant farm workers. All his life Jack O'Neal has known the joy of moving from one place to another, winter and summer, spring and fall, following the crops with his family. Jack is a hard-working boy, and when his father suddenly dies he shoulders the responsibility for supporting himself, his mother, and his little sister. In addition, he takes upon himself the burden of repaying a loan old Colonel House, a plantation owner, had made to Jack's father. Picking, grubbing, and clearing is back-breaking labor for them all, but there is fun and adventure too as they move through the South in the old truck that serves as their home. And they meet all sorts of interesting people, the kind stay-at-homes never get to know. In the end something good happens to Jack, and he knows that thereafter his mother and sister will not have to work the fields again. But not before the reader has had a rare opportunity to get to know

Biographie de l'auteur

George Harmon Smith is the author of other children and Young Adult novels, such as Bayou Boy and Wolf Dog. George has been a speaker at numerous schools and universities, sometimes speaking to hundreds, even thousands, of students at one time. He is a certified educational consultant, and helped write the guidelines for the revamping of the Arkansas School System. He is the husband of Willa Horne Smith. They have five children, two of whom have their fathers interest for writing.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595007570
ISBN 13 
9780595007578
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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