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Heart of the Blue RidgeBaily, Waldron, 1871-enMountain life -- Fiction; Blue Ridge Mountains -- Fiction2009-03-30
Reveries of a SchoolmasterPearson, Francis B. (Francis Bail), 1853-enIn medias res -- Retrospect -- Brown -- Psychological -- Balking -- Lanterns -- Complete living -- My speech -- School-teaching -- Beefsteak -- Freedom -- Things -- Targets -- Sinners -- Hoeing potatoes -- Changing the mind -- The point of view -- Picnics -- Make-believe -- Behavior -- Forefingers -- Story-telling -- Grandmother -- My world -- This or that -- Rabbit pedagogy -- Perspective -- Purely pedagogical -- Longevity -- Four-leaf clover -- Mountain-climbing.2004-07-29
Hell Fer Sartain and Other StoriesFox, John, 1863-1919enOn Hell-fer-Sartain Creek -- Through the gap -- A trick o' trade -- Grayson's baby -- Courtin' on Cutshin -- The message in the sand -- The senator's last trade -- Preachin' on Kingdom-Come -- The passing of Abraham Shivers -- A purple rhododendron.Short stories; Mountain life -- Fiction; Cumberland Mountains -- Fiction; Kentucky -- Social life and customs -- Fiction1996-01-01
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-bookFuller, Anna, 1853-1916enPreface -- A pilgrim in the far West -- Brian Boru -- Jake Stanwood's gal -- At the Keith ranch -- The Rumpety case -- The Lame Gulch professor -- The boss of the wheel -- Mr. Fetherbee's adventure -- An amateur gamble -- A Rocky Mountain shipwreck -- A stroke in the game -- The blizzard picnic -- A golden vista.Moore, Emma G. [Illustrator]Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Colorado -- Social life and customs -- Fiction2007-08-03
Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and OthersFenn, George Manville, 1831-1909enBrave and True, by E Dawson. -- Two Rough Stones, by George Manville Fenn. -- A Grateful Indian, by Helen Marion Burnside. -- In the Country, by F Gray Severne. -- My Encounter with a Grizzly, by Arthur J Daniels. -- Up the Mountain, by Frances E Crompton. -- A New Set. -- Grandfather’s Hero. -- Bernard’s Experiment. -- Toby the Clown. -- A Christmas Party, by John Strange Winter. -- Haggart’s Lie, by Geraldine Glasgow.2007-05-04
Wild Life on the RockiesMills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922enMills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922; Pioneers -- Colorado -- Biography; Natural history -- Colorado; Rocky Mountains; Colorado -- Description and travel; Colorado -- Biography; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.) -- History2009-04-12
Indian Why Stories Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-FireLinderman, Frank Bird, 1869-1938enWhy the chipmunk's back is striped -- How the ducks got their fine feathers -- Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet -- Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked -- Old-man remakes the world -- Why Blackfeet never kill mice -- How the otter skin became great "medicine" -- Old-man steals the sun's leggings -- Old-man and his conscience -- Old-man's treachery -- Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful -- Why the mountain-lion is long and lean -- The fire-leggings -- The moon and the great snake -- Why the deer has no gall -- Why Indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes -- Old-man and the fox -- Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark -- Mistakes of Old-man -- How the man found his mate -- Dreams -- Retrospection.Siksika Indians -- Folklore; Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore; Cree Indians -- Folklore; Tales -- North America1996-07-01
Heidi (Gift Edition)Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901enPART I HEIDI'S YEARS OF LEARNING AND TRAVEL I Going up to the Alm-Uncle II. With the Grandfather III. On the Pasture IV. In the Grandmother's Hut V. Two Visitors VI. A New Chapter with New Things VII. Miss Rottenmeier Has an Uncomfortable Day VIII. Great Disturbances in the Sesemann House IX. The Master of the House Hears of Strange Doings X. A Grandmama XI. Heidi Gains in Some Respects and Loses in Others XII. The Sesemann House is Haunted XIII. Up the Alp on a Summer Evening XIV. On Sunday When the Church Bells Ring PART II HEIDI MAKES USE OF HER EXPERIENCE XV. Preparations for a Journey XVI. A Guest on the Alp XVII. Retaliation XVIII. Winter in the Village XIX. Winter Still Continues XX. News from Distant Friends XXI. On Further Events on the Alp XXII. Something Unexpected Happens XXIII. Parting to Meet AgainOrphans -- Fiction; Grandfathers -- Fiction; Mountain life -- Switzerland -- Fiction; Switzerland -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction2007-03-09
Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand CanyonMuir, John, 1838-1914enWild wool -- A geologist's winter walk -- Summer days at Mount Shasta -- A perilous night on Shasta's summit -- Shasta rambles and Modoc memories -- The city of the Saints -- A great storm in Utah -- Bathing in Salt Lake-- Mormon lilies -- The San Gabriel Valley -- The San Gabriel Mountains -- Nevada farms -- Nevada forests -- Nevada's timber belt -- Glacial phenomena in Nevada -- Nevada's dead towns -- Puget Sound -- The forests of Washington --People and towns of Puget Sound -- An ascent of Mount Rainier -- The physical and climatic characteristics of Oregon -- The forests of Oregon and their inhabitants -- The rivers of Oregon -- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado.Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936 [Editor]West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain); Forests and forestry -- West (U.S.)1995-09-01
The Yellow Fairy BookenThe cat and the mouse in partnership -- The six swans -- The dragon of the North -- Story of the emperor's new clothes -- The golden crab -- The iron stove -- The dragon and his grandmother -- The donkey cabbage -- The little green frog -- The seven-headed serpent -- The grateful beasts -- The giants and the herd-boy -- The invisible prince -- The crow -- How six men travelled through the wide world -- The wizard king -- The nixy -- The glass mountain -- Alphege, or The green monkey -- Fairer-than-a-fairy -- The three brothers -- The boy and the wolves, or The broken promise -- The glass axe -- The dead wife -- In the land of souls -- The white duck -- The witch and her servants -- The magic ring -- The flower queen's daughter -- The flying ship -- The snow-daughter and the fire-son -- The story of King Frost -- The death of the sun-hero -- The witch -- The hazel-nut child -- The story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus -- Prince Ring -- The swineherd -- How to tell a true princess -- The blue mountains -- The tinder-box -- The witch in the stone boat -- Thumbelina -- The nightingale -- Hermod and Hadvor -- The steadfast tin-soldier -- Blockhead Hans -- A story about a darning-needle.Fairy tales; Folklore2009-03-12
The Yellow Fairy BookLang, Andrew, 1844-1912enThe cat and the mouse in partnership -- The six swans -- The dragon of the North -- Story of the emperor's new clothes -- The golden crab -- The iron stove -- The dragon and his grandmother -- The donkey cabbage -- The little green frog -- The seven-headed serpent -- The grateful beasts -- The giants and the herd-boy -- The invisible prince -- The crow -- How six men travelled through the wide world -- The wizard king -- The nixy -- The glass mountain -- Alphege, or The green monkey -- Fairer-than-a-fairy -- The three brothers -- The boy and the wolves, or The broken promise -- The glass axe -- The dead wife -- In the land of souls -- The white duck -- The witch and her servants -- The magic ring -- The flower queen's daughter -- The flying ship -- The snow-daughter and the fire-son -- The story of King Frost -- The death of the sun-hero -- The witch -- The hazel-nut child -- The story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus -- Prince Ring -- The swineherd -- How to tell a true princess -- The blue mountains -- The tinder-box -- The witch in the stone boat -- Thumbelina -- The nightingale -- Hermod and Hadvor -- The steadfast tin-soldier -- Blockhead Hans -- A story about a darning-needle.Fairy tales; Folklore1996-08-01
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into EnglishVariousenThe Romantic Philosophers--Fichte, Schelling, and Schleiermacher. By Frank Thilly -- Schleiermacher: On the Social Element in Religion. -- Gottlieb Fichte: The Destiny of Man. -- Addresses to the German Nation. -- von Schelling: On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature. -- Later German Romanticism. By George H. Danton -- von Arnim and Brentano: The Boy's Magic Horn. (selections) -- Grimm: The Frog King, or Iron Henry -- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids -- Rapunzel -- Haensel and Grethel -- The Fisherman and His Wife -- Arndt: Song of the Fatherland. -- Union Song. -- Körner: Men and Knaves. -- Lützow's Wild Band. -- Prayer During Battle. -- von Schenkendorf: The Mother Tongue. -- Spring Greeting to the Fatherland. -- Freedom. -- Uhland: The Chapel. -- The Shepherd's Song on the Lord's Day. -- The Castle by the Sea. -- Song of the Mountain Boy. -- Departure. -- Farewell. -- The Hostess' Daughter. -- The Good Comrade. -- The White Hart. -- The Lost Church. -- Charlemagne's Voyage. -- Free Art. -- Taillefer. -- Suabian Legend. -- The Blind King. -- The Minstrel's Curse. -- The Luck of Edenhall. -- On the Death of a Child. -- von Eichendorff: The Broken Ring. -- Morning Prayer. -- From the Life of a Good-for-nothing. -- von Chamisso: The Castle of Boncourt. -- The Lion's Bride. -- Woman's Love and Life. -- The Women of Weinsberg. -- The Crucifix. -- The Old Singer. -- The Old Washerwoman. -- The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl. -- Hoffmann: The Golden Pot. -- Motte-Fouqué: Selections from Undine. -- Hauff: Cavalryman's Morning Song. -- The Sentinel. -- Rückert: Barbarossa. -- From My Childhood Days. -- The Spring of Love. -- He Came to Meet Me. -- The Invitation. -- Murmur Not. -- A Parable. -- Evening Song. -- Chidher. -- At Forty Years. -- Before the Doors. -- von Platen-Hallermund: The Pilgrim Before St. Just's. -- The Grave of Alaric. -- Remorse. -- Would I were Free as are My Dreams. -- Sonnet.2004-07-12




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