The Rules of the GameGood Press, 20. 11. 2019 - Počet stran: 695 The Rules of the Game is about logging in California as well as the environmental efforts of the forest service. Stewart Edward White talks about the beginnings of California forest systems. Excerpt: "Late one fall afternoon, in the year 1898, a train paused for a moment before crossing a bridge over a river. From it descended a heavy-set, elderly man. The train immediately proceeded on its way. The heavy-set man looked about him. The river and the bottom-land growths of willow and hardwood were hemmed in, as far as he could see, by low-wooded hills." |
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... leaned back in his office chair to examine for the hundredth time the framed photographs of logging crews, winter scenes in the forest, record loads of logs; and to speculate again on the maps, deer heads, and hunting trophies. At first ...
... leaned back in his office chair to examine for the hundredth time the framed photographs of logging crews, winter scenes in the forest, record loads of logs; and to speculate again on the maps, deer heads, and hunting trophies. At first ...
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... . The barkeeper relaxed from his professional attitude, and leaned both elbows on the bar. The two conversed for a moment; then Tally nodded briefly and went out. Bob followed. This performance was repeated down the length of the street.
... . The barkeeper relaxed from his professional attitude, and leaned both elbows on the bar. The two conversed for a moment; then Tally nodded briefly and went out. Bob followed. This performance was repeated down the length of the street.
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... leaned from the window the bigness of these things rushed into his office - starved spirit as air into a vacuum . The cold of the lake breeze entered his lungs . He drew a deep breath of it . For the first time in his short business ...
... leaned from the window the bigness of these things rushed into his office - starved spirit as air into a vacuum . The cold of the lake breeze entered his lungs . He drew a deep breath of it . For the first time in his short business ...
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... leaned carelessly on his peavy . Across the vista he floated , graceful and motionless , on his way from the driving camp to the mill . Bob gave a whistle of admiration , and walked on . " I wish some of our oarsmen could see that ...
... leaned carelessly on his peavy . Across the vista he floated , graceful and motionless , on his way from the driving camp to the mill . Bob gave a whistle of admiration , and walked on . " I wish some of our oarsmen could see that ...
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