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 27
... horses were feeding in a low meadow close at hand . There sat Jack C― , cross- legged , in the sun , splicing a trail - rope ; and the rest were lying on the grass , smoking and telling stories . That night we enjoyed a serenade from ...
... horses were feeding in a low meadow close at hand . There sat Jack C― , cross- legged , in the sun , splicing a trail - rope ; and the rest were lying on the grass , smoking and telling stories . That night we enjoyed a serenade from ...
Page 32
... horses began to strain as the heavily laden wagon's wheels bit into the sand track . I watched the front wheel on my side , the left , as it turned in the sand , felly - deep . The sand lifted with the wheel and fell back in a little ...
... horses began to strain as the heavily laden wagon's wheels bit into the sand track . I watched the front wheel on my side , the left , as it turned in the sand , felly - deep . The sand lifted with the wheel and fell back in a little ...
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... horses - Arabian horses of the purest breed , from which the West- ern mustang was descended . But most of them walked , wearing queer apparel and armor not suitable to such arduous travel . They carried strange weapons . Hardy ...
... horses - Arabian horses of the purest breed , from which the West- ern mustang was descended . But most of them walked , wearing queer apparel and armor not suitable to such arduous travel . They carried strange weapons . Hardy ...
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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