The Journeyman - Softcover

Elizabeth Yates

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890845352 ISBN 13: 9780890845356

Publisher: JourneyForth, 1990

Synopsis

The boy isn't much to look at: thin, pale, and undersized for his age. Neighbors shake their heads over Jared Austin's odd ways. His father doesn't think he's good for anything much. Even his friend Jennet wonders what will become of him. But Jared isn't concerned; he has his own ideas about what is really important.

One day a journeyman painter visits their quiet New Hampshire farm, and his unexpected offer sets Jared aglow with excitement. He starts off on an adventure that takes him miles from home and into experiences that bring him to manhood and deepen his faith. But before he leaves, Jared promises Jennet that someday...someday...he will come back for her.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Yates is the author of sixteen novels and fifteen nonfiction books for young people. She is perhaps best known for Amos Fortune, Free Man, which won the Newbery Medal. Among her many other awards are the William Allen White Children's Book Award, the Sara Josepha Hale Award, and the Governor's Award of Distinction. In 1987 the New Hampshire House of Representatives saluted her with an award for lifelong achievement.

The story of Jared Austin began when Elizabeth Yates moved into a New Hampshire farmhouse built over a hundred and fifty years ago. While she and her husband were restoring the house, they discovered that two rooms were decorated with stenciled designs of flowers, oak leaves, pineapples, and little hearts. In pursuing the story behind the designs, the author found a tale of faith and courage, and she came to admire and respect the journeyman painters of New England.

About this edition

• Publisher: JourneyForth
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0890845352
• ISBN 13: 9780890845356
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 161