The Making of an American (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781522833956)

On the outskirts of the ancient town of Ribe, on the Danish north seacoast, a wooden bridge spanned the Nibs River when I was a boy-a frail structure, with twin arches like the humps of a dromedary, for boats to go under. Upon it my story begins. The bridge is long since gone. The grass-grown lane that knew our romping feet leads nowhere now. But in my memory it is all as it was that day nearly forty years ago, and it is always summer there. The bees are droning among the forget-me-nots that grow along shore, and the swans arch their necks in the limpid stream. The clatter of the mill-wheel down at the dam comes up with drowsy hum; the sweet smells of meadow and field are in the air. On the bridge a boy and a girl have met.

Author: Jacob a. Riis
ISBN-10: 1522833951
ISBN-13: 9781522833956
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/19/2015
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.45d