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 151
... snow beneath . It lies very distinct , though fine almost as dust , on the spotless snow . It then hops down and brisk- ly picks up from the snow what it wants . How very clean and agreeable to the imagination , and withal abundant , is ...
... snow beneath . It lies very distinct , though fine almost as dust , on the spotless snow . It then hops down and brisk- ly picks up from the snow what it wants . How very clean and agreeable to the imagination , and withal abundant , is ...
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... Snow the task was complicated from the beginning by more than the problems of stalking and marksmanship . He had trouble , sometimes , pulling the trigger on a wild creature . " I hunt for meat , but I don't real- ly enjoy hunting ...
... Snow the task was complicated from the beginning by more than the problems of stalking and marksmanship . He had trouble , sometimes , pulling the trigger on a wild creature . " I hunt for meat , but I don't real- ly enjoy hunting ...
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... snow , an unusually big one - snow that kept falling softly day after day until the woods were full and even the pond vanished beneath the blanket of white . It turned cold - down to minus fifteen degrees one night - and still no news ...
... snow , an unusually big one - snow that kept falling softly day after day until the woods were full and even the pond vanished beneath the blanket of white . It turned cold - down to minus fifteen degrees one night - and still no news ...
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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