Marram Grass and Sea Sedge Put Dunes in Check
The article describes how marram grass strengthens dunes by forming extensive creeping rootstocks that bind shifting sands, enabling land reclamation and the planting of pines. It notes its historical role in protecting Atlantic coastlines from Bordeaux to the Spanish frontier, culminating in Arcachon’s health resorts. It highlights plants as natural engineers alongside birds in farming and territorial preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landes
France
Atlantic
Bordeaux
Arcachon
Mab Finds Her People After Snowy Rescue Tale
Mab, a girl once stolen by robbers, is found after a dramatic escape in a snowbound chase. She recognizes Mab Wolf as her past name and recalls a stagecoach kidnapping. a Cincinnati jail ties link to Polly Wolf. A city couple claims Mab as their kin and offers a home, while Mab’s adoptive family accepts gratitude for care.
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Mab
Polly Wolf
Cincinnati
Moth
Michigan Road
Eliza
Polly's
Mab Wolf
Granny
Grandpap Wolf
Granny Wolf's
Father
Mab and the Guardians A Tale of Fear and Kindness
In a frontier cabin Mab resists being taken from her foster family by strangers seeking custody. The father confronts the intruders, threatening habeas corpus and inviting the sheriff, who is his brother, to intervene. The tale ends with Mab comforting Uncle Tom Andy Bill as memories of love and protection anchor the family through hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Mab
Tre
Mother
Uncle Tom Andy Bill
Tom Andy Bill
Baby Mab
Uncle T
Andy Pill
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Uncle Tom
Andy Bill
Nan
Denes
Baise
Baiser
Ullet
H Solomon
Walegeg
J Stone
Larkin Co
Larkin
Buffalo
N. Y
G. P
William H. Wailing
A. M
M.D. Iparts
Knowles
Ather
Puritan Pub. Co
Phila
H. & Cunningham
Thomas Mfg. CO
Dayton
Ohio
Gols
Aushro
Free National Space & Mushroom Co
Dept
Boston
Bass
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