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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... passed the mill and entered the cool shade of the big lumber piles. Along their base lay half-melted snow. Soggy pools soaked the ground in the exposed places. Bob breathed deep of the clear air, keenly conscious of the freshness of it ...
... passed the mill and entered the cool shade of the big lumber piles. Along their base lay half-melted snow. Soggy pools soaked the ground in the exposed places. Bob breathed deep of the clear air, keenly conscious of the freshness of it ...
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... passed Bob, that young man was conscious of a keen, gimlet scrutiny from the blue eyes, a scrutiny instantaneous, but which seemed to penetrate his very flesh to the soul of him. He experienced a distinct physical shock as at the ...
... passed Bob, that young man was conscious of a keen, gimlet scrutiny from the blue eyes, a scrutiny instantaneous, but which seemed to penetrate his very flesh to the soul of him. He experienced a distinct physical shock as at the ...
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... passed on with the clear, yellow-white of the pine boards lingering back of his retina. But now suddenly his ... passed at a fire. At each point where an unending stream of them passed over the side of each ship, stood a young man.
... passed on with the clear, yellow-white of the pine boards lingering back of his retina. But now suddenly his ... passed at a fire. At each point where an unending stream of them passed over the side of each ship, stood a young man.
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... passing it from one to the other, far into the body of the mill. The car shot back to its original position in front ... passed the small trimming saws, where men push the boards between little round saws to trim their edges. Bob noticed ...
... passing it from one to the other, far into the body of the mill. The car shot back to its original position in front ... passed the small trimming saws, where men push the boards between little round saws to trim their edges. Bob noticed ...
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... passed, and he found himself half smiling down on this little, white-faced man with the matted hair and the bloodshot, chipmunk eyes. "Who'n hell's this!" demanded Darrell savagely. "Friend of mine," said Tally. "Come on." Darrell ...
... passed, and he found himself half smiling down on this little, white-faced man with the matted hair and the bloodshot, chipmunk eyes. "Who'n hell's this!" demanded Darrell savagely. "Friend of mine," said Tally. "Come on." Darrell ...
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