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the old days when they planted apple trees on the Holy Island and the apples froze in the cold.
Thomas D. Lee • Perilous Times
She reads Thoreau over wood fires at night.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
We cared only about money.
Julie Otsuka • The Buddha in the Attic
Big Pine Key (MM 32), eight miles by two, is the second largest in the entire chain after Key Largo, and, at the time of the railroad’s approach, contained pockets of fresh water just under its rocky surface. Moreover, Big Pine not only featured a sizable pine forest (which Browne had theorized could be leveled to furnish all the wood necessary for
... See moreLes Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
The last wolves believed to have been born in Yellowstone—a pair of pups discovered near Soda Butte Creek, about fifteen miles east of where Rick was now standing—were shot in 1926. They were killed not by poachers, but by park rangers. Almost from the time the park was created, in 1872, early superintendents had pursued a rigorous predator-control
... See moreNate Blakeslee • American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
“Easiest job in America,” we were told.