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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... seen or ima- gined . In all directions I could see the horizon , not a hill between that interrupted the smooth , round bowl - rim of blue . It was like being a very tiny ant on a table under Mother's very biggest mixing bowl , a blue ...
... seen or ima- gined . In all directions I could see the horizon , not a hill between that interrupted the smooth , round bowl - rim of blue . It was like being a very tiny ant on a table under Mother's very biggest mixing bowl , a blue ...
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... seen the male eiders in the vicinity out - numbered the females by a good four to one . We speculated why this might be so . She turned out to be well informed as well as attractive . She had , she said , seen two gannets and some Amer ...
... seen the male eiders in the vicinity out - numbered the females by a good four to one . We speculated why this might be so . She turned out to be well informed as well as attractive . She had , she said , seen two gannets and some Amer ...
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... seen the weather change in a twelve - hour period from 40 below zero to 40 above zero . I have seen the earth baked for weeks on end beneath a desert sun of 110 degrees , so not even a grasshopper could find a bite to eat , and drenched ...
... seen the weather change in a twelve - hour period from 40 below zero to 40 above zero . I have seen the earth baked for weeks on end beneath a desert sun of 110 degrees , so not even a grasshopper could find a bite to eat , and drenched ...
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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