The Trail Of The Hawk

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513279305

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Born into the first generation of an immigrant family from Norway, Carl Ericson was always bound to have differing philosophies than his parents. However, when these new, free-thinking ideas result in an expulsion from college, Carl must find a way to fit in with the society’s culture and values without stifling his independence. However, Carl has a difficult time achieving this in the rigid workplace standards of the 20th century. He becomes a vagabond of sorts, jumping from job to job, each making Carl feel suffocated and unsatisfied. Slowly, he feels himself sinking into despair, feeling unmotivated until he hears of a career opportunity in aviation. Excited, Carl begins training to fly airplanes immediately, working long enough to earn the nickname of “Hawk”. Since airplanes were a relatively new invention, flying was highly experimental and dangerous. This hadn’t bothered Carl when he first started, but now, as an older man, Carl begins to worry when he hears the rising deaths in the field. Conflicted and concerned, Carl decides to quit the job. As Carl continues on with his life, he feels that he made the right choice but is still sad to leave the profession. Now back in the same position he was in years before, Carl tries to find a way to champion his individuality and entrepreneurship while managing a new romance. Featuring themes and topics of immigration, societal expectations, entrepreneurship, love, maturity, and passion, The Trail of the Hawk by Sinclair Lewis is introspective and relatable to a wide audience, including modern readers. With comedy and heart, The Trail of the Hawk is both care-free and serious, capturing attention with its authenticity. This edition of The Trail of the Hawk by Sinclair Lewis features a new, eye-catching cover design and is printed in an easy-to-read font. With these accommodations, this edition restores The Trail of the Hawk to modern standards while preserving its original heart and mastery.

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : American literature
ISBN : OCLC:44494310

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Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Mondial
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781595691132

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The Trail of the Hawk, by Sinclair Lewis, is the chronicle of an inveterate Rolling Stone… Carl Ericson, a born rebel against conventions, finds himself from boyhood up at war with the combined forces of family, school and society, all three of which unite in trying to mould him into the average colourless human being. Consequently throughout his earlier years he is in perpetual disgrace, at home, at school and at college… Thus it happens that we find Carl in early adolescence a friendless and penniless wanderer, undaunted and thrilling with a sense of freedom and the boundless opportunity of satisfying his unquenchable curiosity about life. … The first of the three parts into which this chronicle is divided, "The Adventure of Youth," … covers the formative years and helps to explain why Carl is what he is, and not otherwise. … Part II, "The Adventure of Adventuring," … is an undiluted joy. It is improbable, to be sure, almost burlesque, yet so joyous, so spontaneous, so kaleidoscopic in its varied scene and shifting action, that one must accept it with indulgent credulity. … Packer in a department store, waiter in a third-class restaurant, mechanic in an automobile factory, chauffeur, professional tramp and candidate for the bread line, porter in a Bowery saloon, facing the problem of saving four dollars out of a weekly salary of eight, in order to gratify a new ambition, namely to see the Panama Canal, — such is a brief epitome of one phase of our Rolling Stone's career, a phase that all unconsciously is shaping him for bigger things. … and the following year finds him in California, a partner in a profitable automobile repair shop. Then the big news reaches him of the first successful flights of Curtis and the Wright Brothers, and Carl recognises by instinct that here is the outlet for his pent-up energies, the one career for which his whole undisciplined nature has been crying out. Much has been written about aviation, both from the technical and the popular standpoint ; but it would be hard to find anywhere else in fiction any description that would give to the inexperienced a kindred thrill of breathless flight, of danger that is a fearful joy, and of confident omnipotence that is superhuman. And then, when this unrivalled "Hawk of the Air-men" is at the zenith of his powers, comes his third adventure, "The Adventure of Love." … Of course, the inevitable happens: the Hawk has his wings clipped, flights are a thing of the past, a onfining, although lucrative office position and a conventional apartment on the Upper West Side begin to prey upon his nerves; and soon the happy couple are quarrelling acrimoniously and often. But … you cannot cage a hawk for long … (Frederic Taber Cooper) --- “The Trail of the Hawk” is a truly lifelike chronicle of the fortunes of 'Widow Ericson's boy Carl,' of Joralemon, Minn., who becomes 'Hawk' Ericson, the daring aviator, and marries a very nice girl indeed. They had promised to find new horizons for each other, and when the resources of a New York flat in the way of horizons are exhausted, they sail for South America… (Atlantic Monthly)

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0666722439

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Excerpt from The Trail of the Hawk Three mallard-ducks, with necks far out and wings beating hurriedly, shot over Carl's head. From far off a gun-shot floated echoing through forest hollows; in the waiting stillness sounded a rooster's crow, distant, magical. 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.

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1318958369

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:221917211

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Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:459656661

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The Trail of the Hawk by Sinclair Lewis Pdf

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014080533

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Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
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Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293018058

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Author : SINCLAIR. LEWIS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8888305114

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TRAIL OF THE HAWK by SINCLAIR. LEWIS Pdf

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:562432010

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The Trail of the Hawk, Etc by Sinclair Lewis Pdf

Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298395003

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Author : Paul G. Tomlinson
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 256 pages
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Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479461165

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The Trail of Black Hawk by Paul G. Tomlinson Pdf

Black Hawk, who was chief of the Sac tribe, was unwilling to live in peace with the white settlers and was always waging war against any white man who tried to make his home in the far west in the early days of the history of our country. The author of this interesting book relates the thrilling experiences of two brothers, Joseph and Robert Hall, who in 1882, while working in the fields of their Illinois home, are warned that 'Black Hawk' is 'on the trail' and that he has sworn vengeance against them. They immediately start for the settlements, where they give the alarm and, with organized troops, they go out to fight the Indians. "[The] exciting story will be interesting to all boys who like to read good books." —The Atlanta Constitution

Author : PAUL G. TOMLINSON
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1409946614

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Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist and playwright who, in 1930, became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. His first published book was Hike and the Aeroplane, which appeared in 1912 under the pseudonym Tom Graham, followed by Our Mr Wrenn (1914). Main Street (1920) was his first major commercial success. It was initially awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, but was rejected by the Board of Trustees. Babbitt (1922) is a satire on American values, its main theme is the power of conformity and the vacuity of American life. Lewis was awarded the Pulitzer Prize again in 1926 - which he rejected - for Arrowsmith (1925), a novel about an idealistic doctor. Elmer Gantry (1927) was the story of an opportunistic evangelist. His last great work was It Can't Happen Here (1935), a speculative novel about the election of a Fascist President.