The Rules of the Game (Western Novel)e-artnow, 18. 12. 2019 - Počet stran: 564 The Rules of the Game is the tale of 19th century California, with her beautiful forests and mountains, and the severe battle for the preservation of nature between the Government and financial companies. The main protagonist of the story is a young college man who goes to a lumber camp where he gets mistreated, but also finds a romance. |
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... close to sixty years of age, but florid and vigorous. His body was heavy and round; but so were his arms and legs. An otherwise absolutely unprepossessing face was rendered most attractive by a pair of twinkling, humorous blue eyes, set ...
... close to sixty years of age, but florid and vigorous. His body was heavy and round; but so were his arms and legs. An otherwise absolutely unprepossessing face was rendered most attractive by a pair of twinkling, humorous blue eyes, set ...
Strana
... Close on its apparition sounded the exultant, high-keyed shriek of the saw. It ceased abruptly. Then Bob became conscious of a heavy rud, thud of mill machinery. All this time he and Fox were walking along a narrow board walk, elevated ...
... Close on its apparition sounded the exultant, high-keyed shriek of the saw. It ceased abruptly. Then Bob became conscious of a heavy rud, thud of mill machinery. All this time he and Fox were walking along a narrow board walk, elevated ...
Strana
... close here to Marion." "That is too bad," condoled Fox, "especially as I remember so well what a soft-spoken, lamb-like little tin angel you used to be, Jim." Fox, who had quite dropped his old office self, winked at Bob. The latter ...
... close here to Marion." "That is too bad," condoled Fox, "especially as I remember so well what a soft-spoken, lamb-like little tin angel you used to be, Jim." Fox, who had quite dropped his old office self, winked at Bob. The latter ...
Strana
... close at his heels. He found himself in a cheap bar-room, its paint and varnish scarred and marred, its floor sawdust-covered, its centre occupied by a huge stove, its walls decorated by several pictures of the nude. Four men were ...
... close at his heels. He found himself in a cheap bar-room, its paint and varnish scarred and marred, its floor sawdust-covered, its centre occupied by a huge stove, its walls decorated by several pictures of the nude. Four men were ...
Strana
... close on the heels of another, without chance for a breathing space or room to take bearings. Bob had to do the best he could, commit the result to a merciful providence, and seize the next job by the throat. One morning he awoke with a ...
... close on the heels of another, without chance for a breathing space or room to take bearings. Bob had to do the best he could, commit the result to a merciful providence, and seize the next job by the throat. One morning he awoke with a ...
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