Books with title Hans Brinker

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland) is a novel by American author Mary Mapes (January 26, 1831 – August 21, 1905) Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skater.The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.

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Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland) is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge(January 26, 1831 – August 21, 1905), first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skaterThe book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.

Mary Mapes Dodge is a popular American writer who published many successful children’s books. This novel depicts the everyday life in the Netherlands in the 19th century and introduces a poor but gentle boy who will change the destiny of several people. The novel was published in 1865. Although Dodge had never been to the Netherlands, she managed to gather a lot of materials and study the everyday life in the country. The full novel name – “Hans Brink, or the Silver Skates: a Story of Life in Holland” does not only intend to give an accurate portrayal of everyday life in that distant country, but also tap into the human soul and explore the desires of an ordinary boy. The story follows the main protagonist, Hans Brinker, who belongs to a poor family. His father is seriously ill and an amnesiac. In addition to not being able to work, he also proves to be difficult for the family. Hans and his sister Gretel are dreaming to participate in that year’s speed skating competition which would take place in December. The prize is a pair of silver skates, hence the title of the novel. Unfortunately, they do not hope to win anything with their home made wooden skates. The situation of the family only gets worse as both the mother and the children need to work to keep the family floating. They also call a doctor to diagnose the problem of their father only to learn that he needs to undergo an expensive operation to recover from increased brain pressure. The doctor is also gruff and not really cooperative. Eventually, Hans pulls his saved money he had planned to use to buy better skates so that he can save his father, the doctor performs the operation for free, and things start to look better for the family. Readers should definitely check out “Hans Brinker” and see if the two children manage to win the December speed skating race or not.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.