Project Gutenberg 2007-06-18 Public domain in the USA. 83 Garland, Hamlin 1860 1940 A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Yingling and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen" by Hamlin Garland is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set against the backdrop of the harsh Dakota prairie and revolves around Anson Wood, Bert Gearheart, and a little girl named Flaxen Hair, whom they take in after a tragic incident leaves her mother dead in a lonely shanty during a blizzard. The narrative explores themes of survival, companionship, and the struggles of pioneer life as the three characters navigate the challenges of their environment and their emotional connections with one another. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Anson and Bert as they engage in their daily routines while braving the relentless winter weather. The men discover Flaxen, a young child who has been left orphaned, and bring her into their home. The initial chapters set the stage for the evolving relationships between the characters, highlighting Anson's protective instincts towards Flaxen and the tender but tough realities they all face in the midst of isolation and adversity. As the story unfolds, readers are given a glimpse into the daily lives of these characters and the bond they form as they strive to provide care and stability in a tumultuous world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction Single fathers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 226808 226581 2024-10-09T12:23:37.982141 2023-09-10T04:26:01.721478 text/html text/html 231623 2021-01-02T18:41:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2483564 2021-01-02T18:41:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 356206 2024-10-09T12:23:44.119084 application/epub+zip 357464 2024-10-09T12:23:39.556117 application/epub+zip 200409 2024-10-09T12:23:38.648123 application/epub+zip 672277 2024-10-09T12:23:47.551101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 641934 2024-10-09T12:23:43.297092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 620740 2022-09-10T09:36:57.401097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191364 2024-10-09T12:23:37.234140 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190293 2021-01-02T18:41:23 text/plain; charset=utf-8 75801 2021-01-02T18:41:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 191248 2007-06-24T15:45:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 76307 2021-01-02T18:41:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21525 2024-10-09T12:23:47.702066 application/rdf+xml 27053 2024-10-09T12:23:38.868118 image/jpeg 3489 2024-10-09T12:23:38.756106 image/jpeg 1418524 2024-10-09T12:23:38.016117 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia