Books with author Peter Henry Emerson

Excerpt from Marsh Leaves The stray turtle-dove, . Xxxi. Tiie may moon, xxxu. The ways OF woman, xxxm. Young life, xxxw. Blackthorn winter, xxxv. A little learning IS A dangerous thing, xxxvi. The cock and hen, xxxvn. Voices OF the night, xxxviii. A good dinner, xxmx. The first martin, XL. A wherryman - His watch, xu. A quiet afternoon, XLII. AT A marsh inn, xllii. ON the stubble, XLIV. A nocturne, XLV. A northerly breeze, XLVI. The new wherryman, XLVII. The tide-pulse, XLVIII. Rural felicity, xux. The village bird-stuffer, L. Sunday afternoon, Li. The bewitched pig, Lii. The wind against the law, Liii. A country child, Liv. A day with the rats, LV. Cottage property, LVI. Love-time, LVII. Three wreckers, Lviii. Blue, amber, and green, Lix. The irish steer, . The spider and the flies, LXI. Rain and melancholy, Lx11. Old bewties, LXIII. The voices OF the reed, LXIV. A may morning, v. Polly's valentine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Marsh LeavesThe stray turtle-dove,. Xxxi. Tiie may moon, xxxu. The ways OF woman, xxxm. Young life, xxxw. Blackthorn winter, xxxv. A little learning IS A dangerous thing, xxxvi. The cock and hen, xxxvn. Voices OF the night, xxxviii. A good dinner, xxmx. The first martin, XL. A wherryman - His watch, xu. A quiet afternoon, XLII. AT A marsh inn, xllii. ON the stubble, XLIV. A nocturne, XLV. A northerly breeze, XLVI. The new wherryman, XLVII. The tide-pulse, XLVIII. Rural felicity, xux. The village bird-stuffer, L. Sunday afternoon, Li. The bewitched pig, Lii. The wind against the law, Liii. A country child, Liv. A day with the rats, LV. Cottage property, LVI. Love-time, LVII. Three wreckers, Lviii. Blue, amber, and green, Lix. The irish steer,. The spider and the flies, LXI. Rain and melancholy, Lx11. Old bewties, LXIII. The voices OF the reed, LXIV. A may morning, v. Polly's valentine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

THE AMAZING PLAYER is the fifth novel in the George Grant Series. When George was 15 he was struck by lightning. Doctors said the residual tingles in his arms and hands would soon fade away. George is 55 and he still has them. The only people who know that are his wife, his brother and his brother's wife. The tingles give George extra strength and greater accuracy when he pitches a baseball. He rarely throws anything but a strike. His vision was affected by the lightning strike and he sees a baseball moving through the air like it's in slow motion. Nothing else is affected. When he swings a bat at a baseball he always gets a hit. When George graduated from high school he wanted to go to college and then become a professional baseball pitcher. He had to forego that dream to run the family farm. A chance to play professional ball finally came when he was 54. His pitching and hitting demonstration impressed a baseball team owner and George was given a contract. He was instrumental in the team winning the World Series. Then George retired. Shortly after he retired he committed to be at the next spring training in the Cactus League in Phoenix to coach a rookie pitcher. The 19-year-old had been struck by lightning and had tingles in his arms and hands that didn't go away like the doctors predicted. Under George's tutorage Bo Bowman became a pitching and hitting wonder. When two starting pitchers were injured in a car accident late in the regular season George came out of retirement to help the team. They won their division and were in the playoffs. The playoffs are about to start. George and Bo are premier pitchers and hitters. It looks like the team will breeze through the playoffs and claim their second World Series Championship. Things don't always turn out as expected. George and the team struggle to win games and keep the dream alive. Suddenly they trail 3-2 in the World Series and are faced with a do or die situation.

About this bookGeorge Grant is a 15-year-old farm boy who is struck by lightning while helping his dad with the summer harvest. His dad is killed but George survives with burns on his arms and back. When the burns heal George and his younger brother Roy resume their baseball practices. That fall George is a high school sophomore and his goal is to pitch for the high school baseball team.George has lingering effects from the lightning strike. When he throws a baseball or when he picks up something heavy he gets tingling sensations from his fingertips to his shoulders. The tingles are never painful. They just feel funny, like he bumped his funny bone. They seem to give him extra strength and he can pick up heavy objects with ease. George discovers he now can pitch with great speed and accuracy. Almost every pitch is a strike.Another strange affect is he now sees a baseball moving through the air like it is in slow motion. His vision isn't affected in any other way. He is often checked by doctors. The results are always the same. None of the strange effects show up on the testing devices. George appears to be a healthy teenage boy.Early in the baseball season the high school coaches and players realize that George has unique talent and he becomes a highly valued member of the team. As the season progresses he plays a critical role in helping the team achieve greater success than anyone thought possible.

It's been 35 years since George Grant graduated from high school. In that long-ago summer an essential farm worker left and George was unable to quickly find a replacement. He had to forego college and give up his dream to play professional baseball. The top priority was to keep the farm running. His brother Roy was still in high school.It takes more than a year to find a replacement farm worker and by then George and Marcy Caldwell, his high school sweetheart, are married and managing the farm as a successful family business.Even though George couldn't leave the farm during those years, he and Roy continued to practice baseball. As he ages, George's pitching speed and accuracy improve. He still gets tingles in his hands and arms and he still sees a baseball flying through the air in slow motion.Finally, when George is 54, he and Marcy, accompanied by Roy and his wife Sally, go to Phoenix for a spring vacation. It is still winter on the farm but the Cactus League baseball spring training season is in full swing in the Valley of the Sun. They plan to enjoy the warm weather and watch some baseball games.Unknown to George until he arrives in Phoenix, Roy arranged for him to give a pitching demonstration to a professional team. The players, managers and owner of the team are impressed with George's speed and accuracy as a pitcher. When he steps to the plate as a batter, they are even more impressed. The team owner gives George a contract to pitch for his team for the last two weeks of spring training.When an injury to a pitcher sidelines him for the entire season, the owner signs George to a contract. The result is a baseball season beyond the wildest expectations of the players, coaches and owner.

George Grant is a farm boy who is struck by lightning while helping his dad harvest grain. His dad is killed, but George recovers with lingering effects that cause him to get tingles in his hands and arms whenever he throws a baseball or lifts anything heavy. The tingles make him stronger and give him great speed and accuracy when pitching a baseball. His vision is also affected and he now sees a baseball in flight moving like it is in slow motion.This second book in the George Grant Series is a continuation of George's high school years. As a sophomore he led his team to their first state baseball championship. George has outstanding pitching skills and his ability to see the ball moving in slow motion results in him getting a hit every time he bats, unless he gets an intentional walk. He never strikes out. He again leads the team to unprecedented achievements.He and his brother, Roy, suffer another tragedy as they lose their mother to cancer. Their Grandpa and Grandma Grant become their guardians and help them run the farm, which now belongs to them.George develops a deep affection for Marcy Caldwell, a classmate who helps him with his studies and who somehow can sense when he has tingles in his hands and arms. George is surprised that Marcy can tell when he has tingles because no one else, not even the doctors, can do that. He also realizes that he gets tingles whenever he's near Marcy.When George and Marcy graduate from high school they plan to go to college. They also plan to get married. However, the summer after they graduate George learns that things don't always work out as planned and his dream of becoming a professional baseball player is in jeopardy.

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A YOUNG PITCHER is the first book in the three-novel series about George Grant, a 15-year-old farm boy in the upper Midwest. As he helps his dad with the summer harvest, a sudden thunderstorm sweeps through and George and his dad are struck by lightning. George survives with burned arms and back. Now his widowed mother must raise him and his younger brother, Roy, while she struggles to manage the Grant farm.When his burns are healed George and Roy resume their baseball practices, something they have done for more than two years. They have a pitcher’s mound and backstop so George can work on his game. That fall George is a high school sophomore. His goal is to pitch for the high school baseball team.George has lingering effects from the lightning strike. When he throws a baseball or when he picks up something heavy, like an alfalfa hay bale, he gets tingling sensations from his fingertips to his shoulders. The tingles are never painful. They just feel funny, like he bumped his funny bone. They seem to give him extra strength. He can pick up heavy objects with ease. George also discovers that he now has great speed and uncanny accuracy when pitching a baseball. Almost every pitch is a strike.The accident also strangely affects his vision. He sees a baseball moving through the air like it is in slow motion, but his vision isn’t affected in any other way. Only his family, close neighbors and the doctors who examine him know about the tingles and vision. He is often checked by the family doctor and an eye doctor. The results are always the same. None of the effects of the lightning strike show up on their testing devices. George appears to be a healthy teenage boy.Early in the baseball season the high school coaches and players realize that George has unique talent and he becomes a highly valued member of the team. As the season progresses he plays a critical role in helping the team achieve greater success than anyone thought possible.

Excerpt from Dulcibel a Tale of Old SalemIn the afternoon Of a sunny Autumn day, nearly two hundred years ago, a young man was walking along one Of the newly Opened roads which led into Salem Village, or what is now called Danvers Centre, in the then Province Of Massachusetts Bay.The town of Salem, that which is now the widely known City of that name, lay between four and five miles to the southeast, on a tongue of land formed by two inlets of the sea, called now as then North and South Rivers. Next to Plymouth it is the Oldest town in New England, having been first settled in 1626. Not till three years after were Boston and Charlestown commenced by the arrival of eleven ships from England. It is a Significant fact, as showing the hardships to which the early settlers were exposed, that of the fifteen hundred persons composing this Boston expedi tion, two hundred died during the first winter. Salem has also the honor of establishing the first New England church organization, in 1629, with the Reverend Francis Higginson as its pastor.Salem village was an adjunct Of Salem, the town taking in the adjacent lands for the purpose Of tillage to a distance Of Six miles from the meet ing-house. But in the progress of settlement, Salem Village also became entitled to a Church Of its own; and it had one regularly established at the date Of our story, with the Reverend Samuel Parris as presiding elder or minister.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

THE VINTAGE ROOKIE is the third book in the three-novel series about George Grant. It starts 35 years after George graduates from high school. In late summer an essential farm worker leaves and George is unable to find a replacement.George is forced to forego college and give up his dream to play professional baseball. Keeping the farm running is the top priority. It takes more than a year to find a replacement farm worker and by then George and Marcy Caldwell, his high school sweetheart, are married and immersed in keeping the farm going as a successful family business.Even though George can't leave the farm, he and Roy continue to practice George's pitching. As he ages, George's speed and accuracy improve. He still gets tingles in his hands and arms and he still sees a baseball flying through the air in slow motion.Finally, when George is 54, he and Marcy, accompanied by Roy and his wife Sally, go to Phoenix for an early spring vacation. It is still winter on the farm but the Cactus League baseball spring training season is in full swing in the Valley of the Sun. They plan to watch some baseball games.Unknown to George until he arrives in Phoenix, Roy has arranged for him to give a pitching demonstration to a professional team. The players, managers and owner of the team are impressed with George's speed and accuracy as a pitcher. When he steps to the plate as a batter, they are even more impressed. The team owner gives George a contract to pitch for his team for the last two weeks of spring training.When the owner learns that an injury to one of his pitchers will sideline him for the entire season, he signs George to a contract. The result is a baseball season beyond the wildest expectations of the players, coaches and owner.