Of Discovery & Destiny: An Anthology of American Writers and the American LandRobert C. Baron, Elizabeth Darby Junkin An anthology of poetry, short stores, and excerpts from longer works about the American experience of the land and nature by a variety of American authors past and present. |
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Page 124
... fall as a break- neck arc like the dive of dolphins , and the hollow rushing of wind raises hair on my neck and the ... falls on everything . " If we are blinded by darkness , we are also blinded by light . When too much light falls on ...
... fall as a break- neck arc like the dive of dolphins , and the hollow rushing of wind raises hair on my neck and the ... falls on everything . " If we are blinded by darkness , we are also blinded by light . When too much light falls on ...
Page 190
... fall of thirty or forty feet ; but on the boulders we can get foothold , and we make a portage . Three more such dams are found . Over one we make a portage ; at the other two we find chutes , through which we can run . As we proceed ...
... fall of thirty or forty feet ; but on the boulders we can get foothold , and we make a portage . Three more such dams are found . Over one we make a portage ; at the other two we find chutes , through which we can run . As we proceed ...
Page 191
... fall , which appears more difficult than the one we ran this morning . A small creek comes in on the right , and the first fall of the water is over boulders , which have been carried down by this lateral stream . We land at its mouth ...
... fall , which appears more difficult than the one we ran this morning . A small creek comes in on the right , and the first fall of the water is over boulders , which have been carried down by this lateral stream . We land at its mouth ...
Contents
John and Mildred Teal Life and Death of the Salt Marsh | 14 |
Hal Borland High Wide and Lonesome | 30 |
William W Warner Beautiful Swimmers | 48 |
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