Jack The Young Explorer

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Jack The Young ExplorerISBN13:9781542941679ISBN10:1542941679Author:Grinnell, George Bird (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Excerpt From Jack The Young Explorer: A Boy's Experiences In The Unknown Northwest For Untold Ages The Mountain Goats Had Clambered Undisturbed Along The Face Of The Steep Precipices That Overhang The St Mary's River And Swift Current Over The Slide Rock Fallen From Their Cliffs The Wild Sheep Had Beaten Out Paths And Trails Zigzagging From The Valley Below To The Heights Above On The Lower Wooded Slopes The Elk Browsed In Spring And Fall, Climbing High Above The Timber At The Season When The Flies Were Bad, And Again When Snows Fell At The Approach Of Winter, Working Their Way Down Toward The Lower Lands And The Foothills Of The Prairie In The Thick Swamps And Morasses Of The River Bottom The Moose Dwelt, Sometimes Clambering Up Toward The Heights, But More Often Escaping The Summer Flies By Burying Their Huge Bodies Beneath The Waters Of The Lakes, Or Perhaps By Wallowing In Some Great Bog, From Which They Emerged Covered With Black Mud Which, Drying, Formed, A Coating That Protected Them Everywhere Through The Valleys, On The Hillsides, Far Up On The Bald Knolls, And Even Higher Still, Where The Sheep And Goats Delighted To Climb, The Buffalo Of The Mountains - Called By Old Mountaineers Bison, To Distinguish Them From The Yellower, Sunburned Animals Of The Plains Wandered Singly Or In Little Groups These Rough And Rocky Fastnesses Protected Them Well The Indians Of The Plains Never Tried To Pass Beneath These Gloomy Walls About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books Find More At Forgottenbooks This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work Forgotten Books Uses State-Of-The-Art Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy In Rare Cases, An Imperfection In The Original, Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page, May Be Replicated In Our Edition We Do, However, Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-02-06Weight:0.71 lbsDimensions:0.5'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:238Language:English

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