The Measure Of Our Land Classic Reprint

Author : Saint Joseph'S College
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396634222
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Measure, Vol. 5 written by Saint Joseph'S College and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Measure, Vol. 5: Spring 1942 Did you ever stop to think that houses have character, just as every individual has character. For time and environment can give character to an inanimate building, as well as to human beings. Perhaps the great est factor in the shaping of a house's character is the people that live in it. From the tumbled-down shack down by the tracks to the pent-house on Fifth Avenue, one can find character in wood, plaster, stone, and bricks; but the most interesting house I ever saw, stood alone on the plains of North Dakota. What an environment that house had! Nothing in sight for miles and miles, nothing but plains plains-that were cracked and corroded with heat, flat, far-stretching fields baked to the solid gray of lifelessness, a land of dust that vanished into a wavering flutter of heat waves near the horizon. The copper sun blazed in an intensely blue sky that reflected itself in the blue gray sage-brush crouching in clumps over the plains as far as one could see. A black tar road began like a thread in the east, swept past the house in a rush of black, and vanished like a thread in the west. There was no sign of life except for a dusty-winged vulture gliding low and listlessly on dirty brown pinions, and a passing breath of air stirring dusty tumbleweeds in the ditch. The house itself leaned back crazily, trying to hide its shabbiness be hind a shabbier willow tree. It was a two-story frame building that had never felt the smooth stroke of a paint brush. The gray, seamed clap boards hung loosely to the siding. Some had yielded to the wind, and rotting side-walls showed through. Its roof was almost bald except for a few patches of weather-seared shingles. The remains of a stone chimney raised itself feebly above the roof-tree. The door had fallen in, and the black, gaping opening looked like a mouth open in surprise. Its windows yawned in mute blackness, like blank staring eyes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.