Project Gutenberg 2015-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 140 Singmaster, Elsie 1879 1958 Lewars, Harold, Mrs. Lewars, Mrs. Harold The Long Journey Produced by David Edwards, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Long Journey" by Elsie Singmaster is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Conrad Weiser, a thirteen-year-old boy living in the ravaged village of Gross Anspach, who embarks on a perilous journey with his family and neighbors in pursuit of a better life in the New World. Themes of war, famine, and hope intertwine as the characters dream of a peaceful and prosperous future. The opening of the novel introduces the Weiser family and their dire circumstances in Gross Anspach, a village devastated by war and the harsh winter. Conrad is tasked with caring for the family's cow, Liesel, and he shares dreams of a new land filled with plentiful resources and freedom from conflict. As the family's patriarch, John Conrad Weiser, gathers the village to propose a journey to escape their suffering, hope flickers amidst their despair. The gathering resonates with a mix of resignation and anticipation as they prepare to leave their homeland for an uncertain but hopeful future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Fiction Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 246235 2025-07-20T08:13:43.761837 text/html 226485 2024-10-22T23:27:28 text/html 331343 2025-07-20T08:13:48.225820 application/epub+zip 329202 2025-07-20T08:13:44.512788 application/epub+zip 148905 2025-07-20T08:13:44.127799 application/epub+zip 397477 2025-07-20T08:13:51.073768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366010 2025-07-20T08:13:47.811799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186240 2022-09-22T18:52:27.877546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214483 2025-07-20T08:13:43.320800 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 194643 2024-10-22T23:27:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17435 2025-07-20T08:13:51.199757 application/rdf+xml 10924 2025-07-20T08:13:44.204795 image/jpeg 2502 2025-07-20T08:13:44.166805 image/jpeg 320164 2025-07-20T08:13:43.790836 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 en.wikipedia