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Through Forest and Fire
The story revolves around Nicholas "Nick" Ribsam, a comical and resilient young boy of Dutch descent navigating childhood in a rural setting.
"Through Forest and Fire" by Edward Sylvester Ellis is a novel. The story revolves around Nicholas "Nick" Ribsam, a comical and resilient young boy of Dutch descent navigating childhood in a rural setting.
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Nicholas Ribsam was a comical fellow from his earliest babyhood, and had an original way of doing almost everything he undertook.
When he became big enough to sit on the porch of the humble little home, where he was born, and stare with his great round eyes at the world as it went by, that world, whether on horseback, in carriage, or on foot, was sure to smile at the funny-looking baby.
Nick, although born in western Pennsylvania, was as thoroughly Dutch as if he had first opened his eyes on the banks of the Zuyder Zee, in the lowlands of Holland. His parents had come from that part of the world which has produced so many fine scholars and done so much for science and literature. They talked the language of the Fatherland, although they occasionally ventured on very broken English for the instruction of the boy and girl which heaven had given them.
When Nick was a year old, he seemed as broad as he was long, and his round, red cheeks, big, honest eyes, and scanty hair, which stood out in every direction, always brought a smile to whomsoever looked at him.
"That's the Dutchest baby I ever saw!" exclaimed a young man, who, as he threw back his head and laughed, expressed the opinion of about every one that stopped to admire the youngster.
Contents
- 01Chapter I.
- 02Chapter II.
- 03Chapter III.
- 04Chapter IV.
- 05Chapter V.
- 06Chapter VI.
- 07Chapter VII.
- 08Chapter VIII.
- 09Chapter IX.
- 10Chapter X.
- 11Chapter XI.
- 12Chapter XII.
- 13Chapter XIII.
- 14Chapter XIV.
- 15Chapter XV.
- 16Chapter XVI.
- 17Chapter XVII.
- 18Chapter XVIII.
- 19Chapter XIX.
- 20Chapter XX.
- 21Chapter XXI.
- 22Chapter XXII.
- 23Chapter XXIII.
- 24Chapter XXIV.
- 25Chapter XXV.
- 26Chapter XXVI.
- 27Chapter XXVII.
- 28Chapter XXVIII.
- 29Chapter XXIX.
- 30Chapter XXX.
- 31Chapter XXXI.
- 32Chapter XXXII.
- 33Chapter XXXIII.
- 34Chapter XXXIV.
- 35Chapter XXXV.
- 36Chapter XXXVI.
- 37Chapter XXXVII.
- 38Chapter XXXVIII.
- 39Chapter XXXIX.
- 40The End.
- 41The "Bells" Series.
- 42Standard Histories.
- 43Miscellaneous.
- 44The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry
- 45The Children's Book of Poetry.
About this edition
- Author
- Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 254 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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