Edward Shenton
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Series
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Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December of 1933. Hemingway's well-known interest in -- and fascination with -- big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. In examining the poetic grace of the chase, and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway also looks inward, seeking to explain the...
3) The yearling
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Lexile Measure
750L
Summary
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
5) Cross Creek
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Lexile Measure
1120L
Summary
American author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings recounts her experiences dealing with farmhands and wildlife while managing an orange grove for thirteen years in rural Florida.