The Hidden Treasure of Gladston , is written by Eleanore M. Jewett. Jewett has a master’s degree in literature. She was born in New York City, New York. She was deeply interested in medieval times. The setting of this book is at Gladston, Britain in the medieval times. Most of this book is made of true facts. Though some of the facts are from different time periods in the medieval times. In all this book is a fiction book. In ,The Hidden Treasure of Glsdston , a crippled boy, Hugh, comes to the monastery of Gladston. Left by his father, who is fleeing the country, Hugh tries to make the most out of his life at the monastery. He makes quick friends with Abbot Robert and brother John who is the librarian. Hugh makes friends with Dickon who
Many different machines and technology for gather data has been created over the years, some of which is more advanced then others.
In chapter 5, “The Vanished Settlements”, John Viele reveals information about the 21-year span of life on the Keys. The Civil War, living conditions, mosquitoes, fresh water, and isolation are some of the main hardships that many of the settlers had to experience, but only a few could endure the setbacks and live prosperous lives, as well as their families. Henry Geiger, Temple Pent, and Happy Jack were the most prosperous men during the hard times of the Key West, and through others around them, their stories can now live on.
Jamestown The Buried Truth, was an exciting book that unearthed the lost James Fort that was established in the early 17th century. It was told by the lead Archaeologist of the Jamestown Rediscovery Project, William M. Kelso, published by the University of Virginia Press in, 2006. Kelso tells the journey of this twelve year project of discovering Jamestown in preparation for the 400th anniversary back in 2007. Along the way they found the graves of seventy people, artifacts, trash pits, armor, evidence of the “starving time,” the fort and other pieces of significant evidence.
In the beginning, the book centers on a small village on the frontier of the English colonies named Deerfield. It is here that the French, along with their Native American allies, raid the town and carry off 112 of the town’s residents, including the Reverend John Williams, his wife, and his children Stephan, Esther, Warham, and six year-old Eunice. John Williams was the main target of the attack, for it was hoped by the French that with his capture they could negotiate an exchange for the release of notorious privateer Jean Baptiste Guyon. During the march to New France, the children are scattered amongst the various Native American tribes before they are sold to the French. Three years later, John Williams returns to New England. Negotiations for the release of his children were successful except in regards to Eunice, who was still
This book is a western novel set in the early 1800s about Jean Daniel Talon and his journey to Pittsburgh. On his way through a swamp one night he found a man named Captain Robert Foulsham. Foulsham had been stabbed in the back and was dying; He told Talon he had been stabbed by Baron Richard Torville, a deserter from the British army. Shortly after Captain Foulsham died, a mysterious man came along and asked if Talon had killed Captain Foulsham, the mysterious man later introduced himself to be Jambe-de-Bois. The two walked
There are many relationships throughout the small part we read, in the story ‘The Palace Thief’. The few key relationship are Mr. Hundert & Sedgwick, Mr. Hundert & Senator Bell, and Mr. Hundert & Charles Ellerby.
Chapter 1 A young woman appears out of nowhere and quickly catches up to another who's dashing along a moonlit lane. "Are we late?" She asks as she falls into step besides the older woman. "No not yet, but we need to hurry, we don't have much time." "Follow me," the older woman replies, and her dark cloak billows about casting shadows on the high stone walls that border the lane. They walked side by side in silence for a long ways and then through a set of huge iron gates swung opened before them and onto a narrow driveway. A manor house grew out of the darkness at the end of the straight drive, lights glinting in the windows. Gravel crackled beneath their feet as speeding toward the front door, which swung inward at their approach, though
In this essay, we will discuss two pieces of literature, Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave”, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. Both pieces are “about defying what is expected of you in order to do what is right.” Plato’s allegory is about a man who was born a prisoner, stuck in one position, who is later freed and experiences life outside of the cave. King Jr. explains his reason for being in a jail. We will discuss how they were both faced with opposition, and I will detail a time where I was faced with opposition while going again societal “norms”.
“Treasure State” is the documentation of the journey of John and Daniel as they run away from their father who is coming home from prison. At each destination, the boys rob the families of the dead to trade off the treasures for money to fund their expedition. At the first mid-destination, the boys are caught post robbery. Being forced to awkwardly mingle with the people they had just robbed, Daniel takes a tour around the home, spotting a new character in the story, Gwen. Gwen is a teenager who is currently dealing with the death of a family member, yet is attempting to run away with the brothers. However, John treats her as a problem or a threat to their mission, and makes her leave before driving away. Even though Gwen knew the boys robbed the home, she neglected to tell the authorities or her family about the heist.
Fenris and Herald were both treasure hunters and great friends who have been searching for magical treasures for many years now. Over the years they were able to collect fascinating treasures with very special magical properties. Like a stopwatch that could rewind time for the user and the people around him for thirty seconds, or an eyeglass that could look through walls. This certain quest for a magical treasure, however, would possibly change the lives of Fenris and Herald forever. On this quest, Fenris and Herald were looking for the magical treasure called the
When the main characters are first being introduced Gordie, the narrator, tells us a small story about his friend, Vern Tessio, who “buried a quart jar of pennies under the long Tessio front porch.” (300) Gordie later explains that Vern “was playing a pirate sort of game, and the pennies were buried treasure...He forgot all about it for a month or so...He tried to find the spot from memory and dug there. No luck. To the right and left of that spot. Still no luck,” (300-301). Vern’s penny jar, which he considers to be his treasure, is like his friendship with the rest of the boys. Their friendship is considered treasure due to the fact that they are each other's support system and they all stand by each other no matter what happens. The fact that Vern lost his treasured penny jar is like when the boys stop talking to each other after they come back home from finding Ray Brower’s dead body. Gordie later confirms this by saying “Teddy and Vern slowly became just two more faces in the halls or in three-thirty detention,” (432). Like the penny jar was never
In the two documentaries that we watched in class “the Caravans of Gold” and the “King and City”, I could appreciated the different that they had between political, economic and the traditions and the cultural organizations.
Grendel’s invasion of Herot symbolizes the destruction of peace and safety, and the imperfections within the society. The twelve years Grendel had haunted Herot, “Herot stood empty, and stayed deserted for years” (145-146) were also the twelve years Hrothgar and his kingdom suffered. Nevertheless, when Beowulf finally eliminated Grendel, readers see a different side of Herot, “Golden tapestries were lined along the walls, for a host of visitors to see and take pleasure in” (995-996), the glory and grandeur was restored, all with the slaying of Grendel – an outcast of society.
landowner of the plantation L’Abri in the ante-bellum south of Louisiana, is confronted by a family secret that has been hidden from him, even into adulthood.
A garden that holds your secrets, that is a secret itself, holds a special spot in the book “The Secret Garden”. The garden is described as an overgrown hidden beauty that has not been seen for ten years. The woman who created the garden passed away because of an accident; in turn, her husband becomes bitter and wrathful. The door which led to the garden was locked and the key was buried while the orders were given for no one to enter the garden again. There’s more to the garden than just being hid away. The garden is a secret to some very important characters in this story, but why? Perhaps the overgrown secret may even have a secret of its own.