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 52
... plant communities , one just be- low the water and the other barely above , is admirable . The marsh grasses are the storehouse or granary . The agents that mill them and their associated plant and animal life , principally algae and ...
... plant communities , one just be- low the water and the other barely above , is admirable . The marsh grasses are the storehouse or granary . The agents that mill them and their associated plant and animal life , principally algae and ...
Page 320
... plant somethin . I'm used to it . Somethin that is really woven into me is that spring planting ! When school was out in May , we'd know we'd have to go to field every day then because it's nice and warm and everything begin to be big ...
... plant somethin . I'm used to it . Somethin that is really woven into me is that spring planting ! When school was out in May , we'd know we'd have to go to field every day then because it's nice and warm and everything begin to be big ...
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... plant dies slowly , by degrees , from stem to root , though the strong , rigid shaft , supported by the base , may stand erect for a year after death . The death does not matter ; the seeds have been sown . The desert offers a second ...
... plant dies slowly , by degrees , from stem to root , though the strong , rigid shaft , supported by the base , may stand erect for a year after death . The death does not matter ; the seeds have been sown . The desert offers a second ...
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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