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Title: Adventures in Friendship

Note: Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sjaani and the Online Distributed
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Summary: "Adventures in Friendship" by David Grayson is a collection of reflective essays written during the early 20th century. The work explores themes of camaraderie, human connection, and the simplicity of rural life through a series of anecdotes that highlight the warmth found in everyday interactions. The narrative voice is introspective, often weaving together personal experiences and philosophical musings about friendship and community. At the start of the book, the narrator recounts an amusing encounter with a man who embodies various fraternal organizations—Masons, Oddfellows, and Elks. This meeting leads the narrator to ponder the nature of true friendship, feeling a sense of disconnection despite the man's friendliness. As he drives home, he reflects on the joys of the natural world around him, realizing that he belongs to a broader fraternity: the Universal Brotherhood of Men. This epiphany brightens his mood, leading him to extend friendliness to strangers, even humorously addressing a passerby as “Brother.” This opening sets the tone for a journey through friendship, where moments of joy and connection emerge from everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Grayson, David, 1870-1946

EBook No.: 10592

Published: Jan 1, 2004

Downloads: 76

Language: English

Subject: Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

Subject: Farm life -- Massachusetts -- Amherst Region

Subject: Amherst Region (Mass.) -- Social life and customs

Subject: Grayson, David, 1870-1946

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Adventures in Friendship

Note: Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sjaani and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team

Summary: "Adventures in Friendship" by David Grayson is a collection of reflective essays written during the early 20th century. The work explores themes of camaraderie, human connection, and the simplicity of rural life through a series of anecdotes that highlight the warmth found in everyday interactions. The narrative voice is introspective, often weaving together personal experiences and philosophical musings about friendship and community. At the start of the book, the narrator recounts an amusing encounter with a man who embodies various fraternal organizations—Masons, Oddfellows, and Elks. This meeting leads the narrator to ponder the nature of true friendship, feeling a sense of disconnection despite the man's friendliness. As he drives home, he reflects on the joys of the natural world around him, realizing that he belongs to a broader fraternity: the Universal Brotherhood of Men. This epiphany brightens his mood, leading him to extend friendliness to strangers, even humorously addressing a passerby as “Brother.” This opening sets the tone for a journey through friendship, where moments of joy and connection emerge from everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Grayson, David, 1870-1946

EBook No.: 10592

Published: Jan 1, 2004

Downloads: 76

Language: English

Subject: Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

Subject: Farm life -- Massachusetts -- Amherst Region

Subject: Amherst Region (Mass.) -- Social life and customs

Subject: Grayson, David, 1870-1946

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.