The awakening land trilogy traces the transformation of ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned richter immediate acclaim a...The awakening land trilogy traces the transformation of ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned richter immediate acclaim as a historical fiction novelist. It includes the trees (1940), the fields (1946), and The Town (1950) and follows the Luckett Family's migration from pennsylvania to southeastern ohio.