If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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Page 64
I love rivers and mountains and birds and bears , and I am not fond of the roads
and dams that break them up and ... having asked directions from the north , say ,
following the river ( and the Shuswap Indians ) up through Death Rapids to the ...
I love rivers and mountains and birds and bears , and I am not fond of the roads
and dams that break them up and ... having asked directions from the north , say ,
following the river ( and the Shuswap Indians ) up through Death Rapids to the ...
Page 67
He said , “ Roll along , Columbia , you can ramble to the sea , But river , while you
're rambling , you can do some work for me . ” It doesn't take a literary critic to
recognize the insignia of naturalness and wild dominion , each of them
associated ...
He said , “ Roll along , Columbia , you can ramble to the sea , But river , while you
're rambling , you can do some work for me . ” It doesn't take a literary critic to
recognize the insignia of naturalness and wild dominion , each of them
associated ...
Page 236
He described the first light coming as a quiet surprise over the mountains and
down through the trees that sheltered the waters of the river ; the mist hovering
over the deep tranquility of its upstream eddies and the pools below the rapids ;
the ...
He described the first light coming as a quiet surprise over the mountains and
down through the trees that sheltered the waters of the river ; the mist hovering
over the deep tranquility of its upstream eddies and the pools below the rapids ;
the ...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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