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The Dawn-Builder

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The Dawn Builder, originally published in 1910, was John G. NeihardtΓÇÖs first novel. At the center of it is a one-eyed, peg-legged man named Waters. He comes to Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Territory, in 1862 and drinks himself into a hole when he isnΓÇÖt setting type on the town newspaper. Because his thirst is metaphysical as well, he only temporarily loses sight of the possibility of happiness, of building his own dawn. Like all memorable characters, Waters canΓÇÖt be contained on the page. Isolated by his physical ugliness, marked by loneliness not yet deadened by silence, compromised by his own excessive energy, he reaches out to a young woman farther outside society than he is and to a kindly widow and her son. The Dawn Builder is reminiscent of Twain in its frontier humor, of Poe in its bizarre adventures, and of Dickens in its casting of some busybodies who belong to the Needle Club. Its return to print will be welcomed by John G. NeihardtΓÇÖs many admirers.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780803233300
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 335
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. februar 1991
  • Størrelse:
  • 133x203x0 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 454 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 9. december 2024
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The Dawn Builder, originally published in 1910, was John G. NeihardtΓÇÖs first novel. At the center of it is a one-eyed, peg-legged man named Waters. He comes to Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Territory, in 1862 and drinks himself into a hole when he isnΓÇÖt setting type on the town newspaper. Because his thirst is metaphysical as well, he only temporarily loses sight of the possibility of happiness, of building his own dawn. Like all memorable characters, Waters canΓÇÖt be contained on the page. Isolated by his physical ugliness, marked by loneliness not yet deadened by silence, compromised by his own excessive energy, he reaches out to a young woman farther outside society than he is and to a kindly widow and her son. The Dawn Builder is reminiscent of Twain in its frontier humor, of Poe in its bizarre adventures, and of Dickens in its casting of some busybodies who belong to the Needle Club. Its return to print will be welcomed by John G. NeihardtΓÇÖs many admirers.

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