I, AdamWhen Adam Crane finished school in 1850, he thought he had graduated to manhood. However, a series of adventures taught him that manhood has to be won. A school teacher, a girl, a small boy and a scheming farmer all played parts in helping him to find his right place in the world. |
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... person with scraggly whiskers that you couldn't rightly call either a mustache or a beard . The way they grew out of the side of his face , they would have looked more at home on a whippoorwill . But the thing that struck a person first ...
... person with scraggly whiskers that you couldn't rightly call either a mustache or a beard . The way they grew out of the side of his face , they would have looked more at home on a whippoorwill . But the thing that struck a person first ...
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... person were to put his hand down upon the earth , he might almost feel it quiver . It was an excit- ing feeling - not the same wide - open , shaking kind of excitement that you got looking at the ocean , Adam thought , but it was ...
... person were to put his hand down upon the earth , he might almost feel it quiver . It was an excit- ing feeling - not the same wide - open , shaking kind of excitement that you got looking at the ocean , Adam thought , but it was ...
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... person could hardly hope to know what room he wanted to go into until he'd opened some doors , which was what ... person's thinking and straighten them out reminded Adam of his father . Like Pen , Adam's father was not in the habit of ...
... person could hardly hope to know what room he wanted to go into until he'd opened some doors , which was what ... person's thinking and straighten them out reminded Adam of his father . Like Pen , Adam's father was not in the habit of ...
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