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 62
... followed the river cleft , water was an inaccessible four hundred feet down . Typically , the flexible Hopi solved the des- ert : women buried gourds of wa- ter at strategic points on the out- ward journey for use on the re- turn . The ...
... followed the river cleft , water was an inaccessible four hundred feet down . Typically , the flexible Hopi solved the des- ert : women buried gourds of wa- ter at strategic points on the out- ward journey for use on the re- turn . The ...
Page 169
... followed a brindle cow . The caravan moved so slowly that she occasionally had time to stop and snatch a few mouthfuls , though there was never a chance for many at a time . But what little she got in this way she sorely needed . She ...
... followed a brindle cow . The caravan moved so slowly that she occasionally had time to stop and snatch a few mouthfuls , though there was never a chance for many at a time . But what little she got in this way she sorely needed . She ...
Page 186
... followed him out to the edge of the timber . There other buffalo coming in saw both Indian and wounded bull , but they only swerved aside . The bull halted , and heaving heavily , he plunged to his knees , and then rolled over on his ...
... followed him out to the edge of the timber . There other buffalo coming in saw both Indian and wounded bull , but they only swerved aside . The bull halted , and heaving heavily , he plunged to his knees , and then rolled over on his ...
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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