Old Kaskaskia

Old KaskaskiaEarly in the century, on a summer evening, Jean Lozier stood on the bluff looking at...
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Author: Catherwood, Mary Hartwell,1847-1902
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Language: English
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Old Kaskaskia

Old Kaskaskia

€6,26

Old Kaskaskia

€6,26
Author: Catherwood, Mary Hartwell,1847-1902
Format: eBook
Language: English

Old Kaskaskia

Early in the century, on a summer evening, Jean Lozier stood on the bluff looking at Kaskaskia. He loved it with the homesick longing of one who is born for towns and condemned to the fields. Moses looking into the promised land had such visions and ideals as this old lad cherished. Jean was old in feeling, though not yet out of his teens. The training-masters of life had got him early, and found under his red sunburn and knobby joints, his black eyes and bushy eyebrows, the nature that passionately aspires. The town of Kaskaskia was his sweetheart. It tantalized him with advantage and growth while he had to turn the[Pg 2] clods of the upland. The long peninsula on which Kaskaskia stood, between the Okaw and the Mississippi rivers, lay below him in the glory of sunset. Southward to the point spread lands owned by the parish, and known as the common pasture. Jean could see the church of the Immaculate Conception and the tower built for its ancient bell, the convent northward, and all the pleasant streets bowered in trees. The wharf was crowded with vessels from New Orleans and Cahokia, and the arched stone bridge across the Okaw was a thoroughfare of hurrying carriages. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 18423
Author: Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
Release Date: May 19, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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