Ursprünglich im Jahr 1950 veröffentlicht, war The Enduring Hills Janice Holt Giles erster Roman. Es basiert zum Teil auf ihrer eigenen Werbung und Einführung in das Kentucky-Bergland. Hier stellt Giles Hod und Mary Pierce vor und beginnt ihre Appalachian-Trilogie. Hod Pierce, ein Junge, der Henry Giles nicht unähnlich ist, der auf Piney Ridge aufwächst, wo Generationen von Pierces von dem hartnäckigen Boden leben. Hod liebt sein Volk und das Land, sehnt sich aber auch nach breiteren Horizonten, nach mehr Bildung und nach der Freiheit, die er sich vorstellt, in der Außenwelt zu finden ist. Es braucht den Zweiten Weltkrieg, um Hod vom Ridge weg in die große Welt zu tragen, und es dauert lange, bis er zurückkommt. Nachdem der Krieg vorbei ist, setzt sich Hod in die Ehe und einen Fabrikjob in der Stadt ein. Endlich ist es Maria, seine in der Stadt gezüchtete Frau, die endlich sieht, dass Piney Ridge für Hod immer zu Hause sein wird. In ihrem Vorwort zur zweiten Ausgabe schrieb Mrs. Giles: "Ich glaube, [die Geschichte] ist zeitlos und wie die Hand
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Originally published in 1950, The Enduring Hills was Janice Holt Giles's first novel. It is based in part on her own courtship and introduction to the Kentucky mountain country. Here, Giles introduces Hod and Mary Pierce and begins her Appalachian trilogy.Hod Pierce, a boy not unlike Henry Giles, who grows up on Piney Ridge, where generations of Pierces have made a living from the stubborn soil. Hod loves his people and the land but longs also for wider horizons, for more education, and for the freedom he imagines can be found in the outside world. It takes World War I to carry Hod away from the Ridge and out into the great world, and it is a long time before he comes back. After the war is over, Hod settles into marriage and a factory job in the city. Finally it is Mary, his city-bred wife, who sees at last that to Hod, Piney Ridge will always be home.In her preface to the second edition, Mrs. Giles wrote, I believe the story] is timeless and as the hands of the clock have turned and turned, people are turning back to the earth, knowing now that saving this earth is the most important work in the world, that we must all become, as Hod and Mary Pierce did, a man and woman with faith in the earth.Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life. Artikel-Nr. 00103948838
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
Hardback. Zustand: Good. Originally published in 1950, The Enduring Hills was Janice Holt Giles's first novel. It is based in part on her own courtship and introduction to the Kentucky mountain country. Here, Giles introduces Hod and Mary Pierce and begins her Appalachian trilogy.Hod Pierce, a boy not unlike Henry Giles, who grows up on Piney Ridge, where generations of Pierces have made a living from the stubborn soil. Hod loves his people and the land but longs also for wider horizons, for more education, and for the freedom he imagines can be found in the outside world. It takes World War I to carry Hod away from the Ridge and out into the great world, and it is a long time before he comes back. After the war is over, Hod settles into marriage and a factory job in the city. Finally it is Mary, his city-bred wife, who sees at last that to Hod, Piney Ridge will always be home.In her preface to the second edition, Mrs. Giles wrote, I believe the story] is timeless and as the hands of the clock have turned and turned, people are turning back to the earth, knowing now that saving this earth is the most important work in the world, that we must all become, as Hod and Mary Pierce did, a man and woman with faith in the earth.Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life. Artikel-Nr. 00102628696
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