This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...forefinger in the hole. It fitted perfectly. The cows trudged along the road toward home by themselves, and Hans was left alone keeping back the sea. He could hear the water, splash, splash, splash on the rocks. It sounded very terrible, and very near. By and by his hand felt numb and cold. He rubbed it, but it grew ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...forefinger in the hole. It fitted perfectly. The cows trudged along the road toward home by themselves, and Hans was left alone keeping back the sea. He could hear the water, splash, splash, splash on the rocks. It sounded very terrible, and very near. By and by his hand felt numb and cold. He rubbed it, but it grew still more cold and numb. There was no one in sight as far down the road as he could see, and his back began to ache, and there was a great pain in his arm, but still he held his finger at the hole, keeping back the sea. The sun went down, and it grew very dark. As the sea rumbled and roared down among the rocks it seemed to say to him, "I am greater than you, a little child. I break the ships and drown the sailors. I will come through!" But Hans shut his teeth together and tried not to hear the song of the sea, or to feel the ache in his arm while he said to himself: "You shall not come through, and flood my beautiful Holland!" After a while when it was very late at night, he heard a far away shout. He saw, in the distance, a black speck in the road. It came nearer, and nearer, growing larger all the time. It was Hans' own father with all the neighbors, and they called to Hans: "We're coming. We're coming!" They must have known that something had happened to the dike for some of them had their pickaxes and shovels, just as they had come from the fields, and when they saw little Hans, so tired, and cold, and aching, but still so very brave with his finger in the hole in the wall, they all gave a great shout. They lifted him high in their arms and told him that he was a hero for he had saved the country. When the men had mended the wall, they marched home like an army with little Hans riding on his father's shoulders...
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Fair with no Dust Jacket. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 364 pages; Dark green hardcovers with faded gilted lettering. Lettering on spine nearly faded away. There is wear and rubbing to the edges and turns. Front hing is cracked. Back hinge is lightly cracking. All pages are intact and secure. Binding is cracking at page 8-9. No ownership marks. Interior pages are lightly aging in tone. No dust jacket.
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Vgood. Book Stories grouped by their benefits to children. Spotted text blockedges. 1922 name FEP. Clean text. vgood, no dj, partly waterstained gold-stamped deep olive cloth 364 pgs.