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Curly: A Tale of the Arizona Desert

by Roger S. Pocock

2023-03-07 20:57:07

Excerpt..... Back in Old Texas, 'twixt supper and sleep time, the boys in camp would sit around the fire and tell lies. They talked about the Ocean which was bigger than all the plains, and I began to feel worried because I'd never seen ... Read more

Excerpt..... Back in Old Texas, 'twixt supper and sleep time, the boys in camp would sit around the fire and tell lies. They talked about the Ocean which was bigger than all the plains, and I began to feel worried because I'd never seen what the world was like beyond the far edge of the grass. Life was a failure until I could get to that Ocean to smell and see for myself. After that I would be able to tell lies about it when I got back home again to the cow-camps. When I was old enough to grow a little small fur on my upper lip I loaded my pack pony, saddled my horse, and hit the trail, butting along day after day towards the sunset, expecting every time I climbed a ridge of hills to see the end of the yellow grass and the whole Pacific Ocean shining beyond, with big ships riding herd like cowboys around the grazing whales.

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File size550.023 KB
Print pages338
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1330476321
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Roger S. Pocock
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(1865-1941) British soldier, writer, adventurer, member of the North West Mounted Police, and founder of the Legion of the Frontiersmen. After serving on the training ship Wellesley, Pocock went to w...

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