Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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... John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams ( 1767-1848 ) inherited the ancestral farm at Braintree - now Quincy , Massachusetts . To the old home he returned when his jobs permitted , occasionally to record in his diary the progress of his ...
... John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams ( 1767-1848 ) inherited the ancestral farm at Braintree - now Quincy , Massachusetts . To the old home he returned when his jobs permitted , occasionally to record in his diary the progress of his ...
Page 195
... John looked at me and said : " Damn a footbridge anyway ! " After that I warned him two or three times about keeping off that bridge , telling him that he might fall sometime and get badly hurt . But , like most advice , the warning had ...
... John looked at me and said : " Damn a footbridge anyway ! " After that I warned him two or three times about keeping off that bridge , telling him that he might fall sometime and get badly hurt . But , like most advice , the warning had ...
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... John , 71-72 Adams , John Quincy , 88-91 Aiken , George D. , 314-16 Anonymous , 363 Bailey , Liberty Hyde , 342-46 ; 389- 90 Baughner , Dorothy Lee , 307-8 Beecher , Henry Ward , 383 Bennett , Hugh Hammond , 347-50 Berry , Romeyn , 331 ...
... John , 71-72 Adams , John Quincy , 88-91 Aiken , George D. , 314-16 Anonymous , 363 Bailey , Liberty Hyde , 342-46 ; 389- 90 Baughner , Dorothy Lee , 307-8 Beecher , Henry Ward , 383 Bennett , Hugh Hammond , 347-50 Berry , Romeyn , 331 ...
Contents
Christopher Columbus Turns in a Crop | 3 |
Much More Corne was Planted | 9 |
PERLEY POORE How the Pig Helped to Make Massa | 16 |
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