Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 91 Frederic, Harold 1856 1898 In the Valley Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "In the Valley" by Harold Frederic is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story is set in the Mohawk Valley during the mid-18th century and follows a young boy named Douw Mauverensen as he navigates the complexities of childhood amid historical tensions, including the threat of French incursions and personal dramas surrounding his adoptive family. The novel explores themes of memory, growing up, and the social dynamics within a small frontier community. The opening of the novel introduces us to Douw, who reflects upon his childhood memories of fear and uncertainty, specifically the panic surrounding a French military presence in the Valley. He recounts the chilling moments of his youth when news spreads that the French are in the area, leading to alarmed responses from the settlers. Douw lives with Mr. Stewart, a well-educated and kind-hearted man who has taken him in after the death of his father. In this first chapter, readers also meet other characters, including a soldier named Major Cross, and witness the chaos that ensues from the fear of invasion, setting the stage for a gripping historical narrative filled with vivid sensory details and personal challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (State) -- History -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 653637 652865 2024-10-04T11:54:57.854923 2023-10-05T03:57:32.396075 text/html text/html 652011 2021-01-02T08:43:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 257822 2021-01-02T08:43:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 330477 2024-10-04T11:55:06.878866 application/epub+zip 339003 2024-10-04T11:54:59.967893 application/epub+zip 339003 2024-10-04T11:54:58.718909 application/epub+zip 579953 2024-10-04T11:55:12.633812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540991 2024-10-04T11:55:06.081901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503870 2022-09-05T05:22:44.893227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 637628 637591 2024-10-04T11:54:56.811939 2023-10-05T03:57:31.494076 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 637566 2021-01-02T08:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 254841 2021-01-02T08:43:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 637562 2021-01-02T08:43:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 254800 2021-01-02T08:43:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21282 2024-10-04T11:55:12.763810 application/rdf+xml 11705 2024-10-04T11:54:59.276882 image/jpeg 3231 2024-10-04T11:54:58.996900 image/jpeg 323146 2024-10-04T11:54:57.916884 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