The Birds of the BibleJazzybee Verlag, 2017 M02 6 - 308 páginas Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in "Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text. |
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... Gennesaret, and in thickets in the valley of the Jordan. The crown of Christ was woven from the thorns of these trees. Then, as now, the gray shrikes and the doves loved to nest in the protection of the prickly branches, and the young ...
... Gennesaret, homed bands of professional robbers. These men were so wild and fierce they pillaged and killed without mercy, and when plunder was scarce, lived upon the flesh of eagles, hawks, wild goats, and hares. Again, mostly in the ...
... Gennesaret, and iris and water lilies grew in profusion. Anemones still thrive everywhere, and travelers believe them to have been the original "lilies of the field." Their rose is thought to be our narcissus, as no roses grew in the ...
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