Project Gutenberg 2014-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 79 Read, Opie Percival 1852 1939 Read, Opie P. Up Terrapin River Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Up Terrapin River" by Opie Percival Read is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book explores the lives of rural inhabitants along the picturesque Terrapin River, with a focus on the character John Lucas, a young boy dealing with loss and hardship, who forms a bond with a mysterious stranger named Sam Potter. As they navigate life in an unsophisticated yet vibrant environment, themes of education, personal growth, and the contrast between ignorance and knowledge arise prominently. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the serene and rustic landscape of Terrapin River and its unrefined inhabitants. The narrative follows a young plowboy, John Lucas, who encounters Sam Potter, an enigmatic man with a complex past. Their conversation reveals John's painful backstory related to the loss of his parents, while also showcasing his dreams and aspirations. Potter's interest in John leads to a budding mentor-student relationship, with the promise of adventure and learning as they devise plans to cultivate a farm together. The opening sets a tone of warmth and humor interlaced with deeper themes of aspiration and a yearning for knowledge. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44879/44879-h/images/cover.jpg en Farm life -- Fiction Arkansas -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 256912 256922 2024-09-18T18:57:42.685758 2023-09-19T14:12:02.416616 text/html text/html 259945 2014-02-13T09:14:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 624139 2014-02-13T09:14:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 665993 2024-09-18T18:57:48.483722 application/epub+zip 664393 2024-09-18T18:57:43.691791 application/epub+zip 125972 2024-09-18T18:57:43.174792 application/epub+zip 747216 2024-09-18T18:57:52.144726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714259 2024-09-18T18:57:47.714745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181556 2022-09-20T13:31:01.957766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222543 222461 2024-09-18T18:57:41.871770 2023-09-19T14:12:01.703608 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 222469 2014-02-13T09:14:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88543 2014-02-13T09:14:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 222460 2014-02-13T09:14:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88515 2014-02-13T09:14:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20236 2024-09-18T18:57:52.292688 application/rdf+xml 5943 2024-09-18T18:57:43.257755 image/jpeg 1509 2024-09-18T18:57:43.216739 image/jpeg 626884 2024-09-18T18:57:42.727737 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