Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall

Author: Patricia MacLachlan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1987-09-04

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0064402053

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"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?

On a Darkling Plain
On a Darkling Plain

Author: Wallace Stegner

Publisher: New York : Harcourt

Published: 1940

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13:

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The story of a young man grown old in war, and of his quest for peace with himself and the world.

Plain Kate
Plain Kate

Author: Erin Bow

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0545328764

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A debut novel that's as sharp as a knife's point. Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. As the wood-carver's daughter, Kate held a carving knife before a spoon, and her wooden charms are so fine that some even call her "witch-blade" -- a dangerous nickname in a town where witches are hunted and burned in the square.

Swine Record
Swine Record

Author: American Hampshire Swine Record Association

Publisher:

Published: 1919

Total Pages: 1446

ISBN-13:

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Sonoita Plain
Sonoita Plain

Author: Carl E. Bock

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780816523627

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The Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch is a tract of 8,000 acres on the Sonoita Plain that was established in 1968 by the Appleton family and is now part of the sanctuary system of the National Audubon Society. To all appearances it is an ordinary piece of land, but for the last 35 years it has been treated in an extraordinary way - by leaving it alone. No grazing to influence grass production. No dam building to hold back flash floods. No pest control. No firefighting. By employing such nonaction, might we gain a glimpse of what this land was like hundreds, even thousands, of years ago? Through essays and photographs focusing on the Research Ranch Sanctuary and surrounding area, this book reveals the complex ecology and unique aesthetics of its grasslands and savannas. Carl and Jane Bock and Stephen E. Strom share a passion for the remarkable beauty found here, and in their book they describe its environment, biodiversity, and human history.