The titular character lives in poverty with his sister, Gretel, and his parents. His father was a strong man, but he was injured while trying to save the village by holding up a dike and is now a simpleton. Based on the Hero of Haarlem, the book closes with a happy ending when Dr. Bochman suggests a risky, but successful, lobotomy. Gretel, and not her brother Hans wins the titular items in the end in, FTP, this novel by Mary Mapes Dodge, set in Holland and centered aroun
The titular character lives in poverty with his sister, Gretel, and his parents. His father was a strong man, but he was injured while trying to save the village by holding up a dike and is now a simpleton. Based on the Hero of Haarlem, the book closes with a happy ending when Dr. Bochman suggests a risky, but successful, lobotomy. Gretel, and not her brother Hans wins the titular items in the end in, FTP, this novel by Mary Mapes Dodge, set in Holland and centered around a winter sport.
The titular character lives in poverty with his sister, Gretel, and his parents.
{Hans Brinker} or The {Silver Skates}