Project Gutenberg 2011-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 344 Holt, Mathew Joseph 1866 Holt, Matt J. (Matthew Joseph) Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant Produced by David Garcia, Katherine Ward, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant" by Mathew Joseph Holt is a work of fiction written in the early 20th century. The narrative captures the lives of individuals in a Kentucky valley, focusing on themes of childhood innocence and the profound connections between people and nature. Central characters include young Jeanne, who creates a dollhouse out of natural materials, and John Morgan Allen, who becomes intertwined with the Litman family and their struggles. The opening of the narrative introduces us to the serene beauty of Big Creek Valley, where the natural world is personified through the voices of its creatures and seasons. We meet Jeanne, a imaginative girl playing with her bone and stick dolls, and John, a law graduate, who stumbles upon her makeshift dollhouse. The story unfolds through their interactions, revealing their dreams and hardships against the backdrop of their mountain home, where themes of love, family, and the yearning for a connection to both the land and each other come alive. As John becomes a seasonal figure in Jeanne's life, the stage is set for a poignant exploration of relationships and the complexities of growing up. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Kentucky -- History Kentucky -- Fiction F396 PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 702739 2025-06-14T13:37:38.642643 text/html 704301 2011-04-01T15:09:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 250343 2011-04-01T15:09:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 377109 2025-06-14T13:37:59.240492 application/epub+zip 699477 2025-01-14T13:24:10.626886 application/pdf 699476 2025-01-14T13:23:54.639979 application/pdf 385302 2025-06-14T13:37:47.903639 application/epub+zip 362945 2025-06-14T13:37:43.168573 application/epub+zip 637715 2025-06-14T13:38:05.820487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599987 2025-06-14T13:37:56.322520 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571209 2022-09-16T10:37:19.975139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616742 2025-06-14T13:37:37.849656 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 616820 2011-04-01T15:11:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 234508 2011-04-01T15:11:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 611834 2011-04-01T15:11:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 233799 2011-04-01T15:11:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 611835 2011-04-01T15:11:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 233792 2011-04-01T15:11:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26371 2025-06-14T13:38:05.987518 application/rdf+xml 624110 2025-06-14T13:37:37.513627 text/x-rst 624106 2011-04-01T15:10:22 text/x-rst 238602 2011-04-01T15:10:22 text/x-rst application/zip 15967 2025-06-14T13:37:44.842575 image/jpeg 3723 2025-06-14T13:37:44.106558 image/jpeg 334645 2025-06-14T13:37:38.700572 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog