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Liberally illustrated for this edition and apparently not abridged, although we have not checked. Books similar to hans brinker, or the silver skates. The novel takes place in the netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19thcentury dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor the book s title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be. Hollanders do not address each other, in affectionate intercourse, as the french and germans do.
Hans brinker, or the silver skates cosimo classics literature paperback november 1, 2005 by mary mapes dodge author. Hans brinker, or the silver skates dover childrens evergreen classics dodge, mary mapes. We are a used discount bookstore and we specialize in text books, including college and other high level books. Here hans and his sister gretel experience championship skating, hunger and family hardship, and countless adventures. In holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15yearold hans brinker and his younger sister gretel yearn to participate in decembers great ice skating race on the canal. A story of life in holland is a novel by american author mary mapes dodge, first published in 1865. The silver skates, classics for young readers 9780875527253 by mary mapes dodge. I liked hans and his family, but i was frustrated by the diversions into other plot lines, and bored by the non fiction sections.
We stock more than 10,000 scarce, collectible and outofprint books, for readers, teachers and collectors. While he greatly desires to enter a big iceskating race with his sister gretel, hans is much more concerned about his father, a man injured from a fall off of a dike and in need. In a wonderland of frozen canals and water roads, the years most glorious event is about to take place. Hans and gretel brinker are the two main characters. A beloved childhood favorite for a century and a halfand a book that readers continue to enjoy gretel looked at her mother in troubled silence. Hans brinker, or the silver skatessunbeams wikisource. The novel takes place in the netherlands, and is a very colorful fictional portrait of early 19century dutch life, as well as an inspirational tale of youthful honor. But dame brinker had embroidered for a heidelberg family in her girlhood, and she had carried its thee and thou into her rude home, to be used in moments of extreme love and tenderness. Hans brinker or the silver skates by mary mapes dodge. She wanted the book to be partly a book of travels and partly a domestic story. In holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15yearold hans brinker and his younger sister yearn to participate in decembers great ice skating race on the canal. Be the first to ask a question about hans brinker, or the silver skates.
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