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 191
... wall . We bail our boat , and on we go again . The walls , now , are more than a mile in height - a vertical dis- tance difficult to appreciate . Stand on the south steps of the Treasury building , in Washington , and look down ...
... wall . We bail our boat , and on we go again . The walls , now , are more than a mile in height - a vertical dis- tance difficult to appreciate . Stand on the south steps of the Treasury building , in Washington , and look down ...
Page 193
... wall to wall , and cover the canyon with a roof of impend- ing storm ; and we can peer long distances up and down this canyon corridor , with its cloud roof overhead , its walls of black granite , and its river bright with the sheen of ...
... wall to wall , and cover the canyon with a roof of impend- ing storm ; and we can peer long distances up and down this canyon corridor , with its cloud roof overhead , its walls of black granite , and its river bright with the sheen of ...
Page 391
... 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 rising 1000 feet like some ...
... 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 rising 1000 feet like some ...
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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