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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... river were lost in dusk. The surface of the water itself shone with an added luminosity, reflecting the sky. In the middle distance twinkled a light, beyond which in long stretches lay the sombre marshes. "That's the club," said Orde ...
... river were lost in dusk. The surface of the water itself shone with an added luminosity, reflecting the sky. In the middle distance twinkled a light, beyond which in long stretches lay the sombre marshes. "That's the club," said Orde ...
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... river, as far as the eye could see, were other logs awaiting their turn. And beyond them the forest trees, straight and tall and green, dreaming of the time when they should follow their brothers to the ships and go out into the world ...
... river, as far as the eye could see, were other logs awaiting their turn. And beyond them the forest trees, straight and tall and green, dreaming of the time when they should follow their brothers to the ships and go out into the world ...
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... river camps of his childhood. There were the same long tables covered with red oilcloth, the same pine benches worn smooth and shiny, the same thick crockery, and the same huge receptacles steaming with hearty — and well-cooked — food ...
... river camps of his childhood. There were the same long tables covered with red oilcloth, the same pine benches worn smooth and shiny, the same thick crockery, and the same huge receptacles steaming with hearty — and well-cooked — food ...
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... river yet. What in blazes did you want to buy that little strip this late in the day for?" "Had to take it — on a deal," said Fox briefly. "Why? Is it hard driving? I've never been up there. Welton saw to all that." "It's hell. The ...
... river yet. What in blazes did you want to buy that little strip this late in the day for?" "Had to take it — on a deal," said Fox briefly. "Why? Is it hard driving? I've never been up there. Welton saw to all that." "It's hell. The ...
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