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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... rise in spring floods . Mightiest of these is the Susquehanna , the longest river of the eastern seaboard . Next in ... rising ocean waters drowned the river valley to create the Bay much as we know it now . Today ship captains running ...
... rise in spring floods . Mightiest of these is the Susquehanna , the longest river of the eastern seaboard . Next in ... rising ocean waters drowned the river valley to create the Bay much as we know it now . Today ship captains running ...
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... rise smokes from the camps of these savage marauders ; Here and there rise groves from the margins of swift - running rivers ; And the grim , taciturn bear , the anchorite monk of the desert , Climbs down their dark ravines to dig for ...
... rise smokes from the camps of these savage marauders ; Here and there rise groves from the margins of swift - running rivers ; And the grim , taciturn bear , the anchorite monk of the desert , Climbs down their dark ravines to dig for ...
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... rise and slope and rise again with general likeness , but two of them open amazingly to disclose the wide blue surface of our great River . We are rich in rivers , and never have to journey far to reach one , but I never can get quite ...
... rise and slope and rise again with general likeness , but two of them open amazingly to disclose the wide blue surface of our great River . We are rich in rivers , and never have to journey far to reach one , but I never can get quite ...
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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