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pages 238-239

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026ew http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,759
Title pages 238-239
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-16
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Description a skiff. A raft is the only safe way to make the passage and—here Ike spreads out his hands with the manner of a butler announcing that "dinner is served!"--the raft is at the "farmer's" disposal. That suits the "farmer" to a "T ;" so the skiff is lifted aboard and they are ready to cast off. Where Ike displayed the concentration of a true artist was in the skiff-lifting shot. Just as the green bow of I Imshallah came over the side, a boy who had been stacking cordwood, in rushing forward...

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