Project Gutenberg 2012-04-15 Public domain in the USA. 68 Hopkins, William John 1863 1926 Hopkins, William J. The clammer and the submarine Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Clammer and the Submarine" by William John Hopkins is a juvenile novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of World War I and centers around the life of Adam, a clam digger, and his interactions with his family, particularly his wife Eve and their children. The narrative reflects Adam's thoughts on war, peace, and the idyllic life he wishes to maintain despite the tumultuous times. The opening of the novel introduces Adam as he sits under a great pine tree, contemplating the beauty of his surroundings while simultaneously grappling with his thoughts on the war. His musings reveal a man caught between his peaceful domestic life and the distant yet looming presence of conflict. The serene setting hints at his simple, rural lifestyle, which is contrasted by the encroaching realities of the war and how it impacts even the most civilian of lives. The arrival of his wife Eve and their daughter Tidda further grounds Adam in familial concerns, as he reflects on the duties of fatherhood and the uncertainty of the times, framing their everyday life amid the backdrop of global conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39456/39456-h/images/coverpage.jpg en World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Fiction New England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Fiction 293963 293971 2024-09-16T14:22:15.595700 2023-09-17T08:50:55.329867 text/html text/html 299160 2012-04-15T11:42:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 326958 2012-04-15T11:42:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 349615 2024-09-16T14:22:20.355678 application/epub+zip 350508 2024-09-16T14:22:16.366785 application/epub+zip 179863 2024-09-16T14:22:15.964715 application/epub+zip 445937 2024-09-16T14:22:23.487671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413741 2024-09-16T14:22:19.894670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243543 2022-09-18T06:12:36.705212 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259639 259538 2024-09-16T14:22:14.656721 2023-09-17T08:50:54.749874 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 259577 2012-04-15T11:42:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97159 2012-04-15T11:42:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 259567 2012-04-15T11:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97138 2012-04-15T11:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19842 2024-09-16T14:22:23.627651 application/rdf+xml 21328 2024-09-16T14:22:16.062712 image/jpeg 2876 2024-09-16T14:22:16.011923 image/jpeg 326432 2024-09-16T14:22:15.626714 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