Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains FrontierViking Press, 1962 - 306 páginas Wallace Stegner weaves together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections in this unusual portrait of his boyhood. Set in Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where Stegner's family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920, Wolf Willow brings to life both the pioneer community and the magnificent landscape that surrounds it. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... thought popped whole and astonishing into his head : I might , except for one or two decisions made in excite- ment ... thought wild whimsy and his mother thought heart- lessness , he might be getting his exercise these days pushing a ...
... thought popped whole and astonishing into his head : I might , except for one or two decisions made in excite- ment ... thought wild whimsy and his mother thought heart- lessness , he might be getting his exercise these days pushing a ...
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... thought of turning into the wind , even in the more sheltered river valley . He saw The Walker coming back , bent double , his face turned aside . When he reached them his pony turned tail to wind and Jesse cramped the Clydes around and ...
... thought of turning into the wind , even in the more sheltered river valley . He saw The Walker coming back , bent double , his face turned aside . When he reached them his pony turned tail to wind and Jesse cramped the Clydes around and ...
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... thought them edible , nor because she wanted their feathers , but because they were standing there in the water . As soon as she had shown them to us , her interest in them was exhausted , and she threw them into the river . That was ...
... thought them edible , nor because she wanted their feathers , but because they were standing there in the water . As soon as she had shown them to us , her interest in them was exhausted , and she threw them into the river . That was ...
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I | 1 |
PREPARATION FOR A CIVILIZATION | 37 |
THE WHITEMUD RIVER RANGE | 125 |
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