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 272
... hand , conservation alludes to management of the com- modity resources , to using them wisely that they may last longer . We all approve of conservation , even as we approve of motherhood - even while we go on expending our nonrenewable ...
... hand , conservation alludes to management of the com- modity resources , to using them wisely that they may last longer . We all approve of conservation , even as we approve of motherhood - even while we go on expending our nonrenewable ...
Page 319
... hand , and you use your other hand to reach into the bag and get a hand fulla fertilizer and drop it down this horn - it was aimed down in the row . So you holdin it in your hand , and you'd be walkin fast - you gotta continue to walk ...
... hand , and you use your other hand to reach into the bag and get a hand fulla fertilizer and drop it down this horn - it was aimed down in the row . So you holdin it in your hand , and you'd be walkin fast - you gotta continue to walk ...
Page 391
... hand , he brought his right knee up . Doug was now on both knees on the upper ledge . If he could find good purchase overhead for his hands , he was safe . His hands explored the wall above him . He moved them slowly over most of it ...
... hand , he brought his right knee up . Doug was now on both knees on the upper ledge . If he could find good purchase overhead for his hands , he was safe . His hands explored the wall above him . He moved them slowly over most of it ...
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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