Susy, a story of the Plains

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book Susy, a story of the Plains by Bret Harte, Release Date: November 27, 2011
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Bret Harte ISBN: 9782819941095
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011 Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info Language: English
Author: Bret Harte
ISBN: 9782819941095
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011
Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info
Language: English
Where the San Leandro turnpike stretches its dusty, hot, and interminable length along the valley, at a point where the heat and dust have become intolerable, the monotonous expanse of wild oats on either side illimitable, and the distant horizon apparently remoter than ever, it suddenly slips between a stunted thicket or hedge of “scrub oaks, ” which until that moment had been undistinguishable above the long, misty, quivering level of the grain. The thicket rising gradually in height, but with a regular slope whose gradient had been determined by centuries of western trade winds, presently becomes a fair wood of live-oak, and a few hundred yards further at last assumes the aspect of a primeval forest. A delicious coolness fills the air; the long, shadowy aisles greet the aching eye with a soothing twilight; the murmur of unseen brooks is heard, and, by a strange irony, the enormous, widely-spaced stacks of wild oats are replaced by a carpet of tiny-leaved mosses and chickweed at the roots of trees, and the minutest clover in more open spaces
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Where the San Leandro turnpike stretches its dusty, hot, and interminable length along the valley, at a point where the heat and dust have become intolerable, the monotonous expanse of wild oats on either side illimitable, and the distant horizon apparently remoter than ever, it suddenly slips between a stunted thicket or hedge of “scrub oaks, ” which until that moment had been undistinguishable above the long, misty, quivering level of the grain. The thicket rising gradually in height, but with a regular slope whose gradient had been determined by centuries of western trade winds, presently becomes a fair wood of live-oak, and a few hundred yards further at last assumes the aspect of a primeval forest. A delicious coolness fills the air; the long, shadowy aisles greet the aching eye with a soothing twilight; the murmur of unseen brooks is heard, and, by a strange irony, the enormous, widely-spaced stacks of wild oats are replaced by a carpet of tiny-leaved mosses and chickweed at the roots of trees, and the minutest clover in more open spaces

More books from Release Date: November 27, 2011

Cover of the book A Traveler from Altruria: Romance by Bret Harte
Cover of the book In the Mayor's Parlour by Bret Harte
Cover of the book The Choir Invisible by Bret Harte
Cover of the book Ponkapog Papers by Bret Harte
Cover of the book The Envoy, Her by Bret Harte
Cover of the book New Poems by Bret Harte
Cover of the book Twelve Stories and a Dream by Bret Harte
Cover of the book Rita by Bret Harte
Cover of the book The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 7: Miscellaneous by Bret Harte
Cover of the book Black Diamonds by Bret Harte
Cover of the book The Social Principles of Jesus by Bret Harte
Cover of the book Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by Bret Harte
Cover of the book Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty by Bret Harte
Cover of the book The Chameleon Man by Bret Harte
Cover of the book The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces by Bret Harte
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy