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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... moved from pasture to greener pasture . In those years the greener pas- tures were the marshes . The cattle spent considerable time in the woods browsing , but for hearty grazing they always moved back to the salt hay flats . It was ...
... moved from pasture to greener pasture . In those years the greener pas- tures were the marshes . The cattle spent considerable time in the woods browsing , but for hearty grazing they always moved back to the salt hay flats . It was ...
Page 169
... 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 had been jogging along all day ...
... 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 had been jogging along all day ...
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... moved from one side to the other . It was perhaps midafternoon when we reached the bottom , retrieved our shoes , and started around the other side of the rock . We left the southeast wall unconquered . But , being young , we were ...
... moved from one side to the other . It was perhaps midafternoon when we reached the bottom , retrieved our shoes , and started around the other side of the rock . We left the southeast wall unconquered . But , being young , we were ...
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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