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 104
... Rock " W hen I need my sense of or- der restored , I sit on the lake rock . It sums up all I have learned about this moun- tain world . Connected to the shore by a narrow , somewhat un- stable catwalk , the rock is just big enough to ...
... Rock " W hen I need my sense of or- der restored , I sit on the lake rock . It sums up all I have learned about this moun- tain world . Connected to the shore by a narrow , somewhat un- stable catwalk , the rock is just big enough to ...
Page 192
... rocks , and keep the line from getting caught on the wall . In two hours we had brought them all down , as far as it is possible , in this way . A few yards below , the river strikes with great violence against a projecting rock , and ...
... rocks , and keep the line from getting caught on the wall . In two hours we had brought them all down , as far as it is possible , in this way . A few yards below , the river strikes with great violence against a projecting rock , and ...
Page 391
... rock . We left the southeast wall unconquered . But , being young , we were determined to climb the rock . So once more we started to circle . When we came to the northwest wall , we se- lected it as our route . Here , too , is a cliff ...
... rock . We left the southeast wall unconquered . But , being young , we were determined to climb the rock . So once more we started to circle . When we came to the northwest wall , we se- lected it as our route . Here , too , is a cliff ...
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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