[PDF] San Luis Rey River eBook

Author : Thornton Niven Wilder
Publisher : Aegitas
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2022-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0369408888

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The story is based on a fictional disaster that occurred in Peru on July 20, 1714. A rope bridge woven by the Incas on the road between Lima and Cuzco collapsed when five people were crossing it. They all fell into the river from a great height and were killed. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar who was about to cross the bridge himself, witnessed the tragedy. Being deeply pious, he saw in what happened a possible divine providence. Did the dead deserve to have their lives cut short in such a terrible way? The monk tries to learn as much as he can about the five victims, finding and questioning people who knew them. As a result of years of investigation, he compiles a voluminous book with all the evidence he has gathered that the beginning and end of human life are part of God's plan... The Bridge of San Luis Rey won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, and remains widely acclaimed as Wilder's most famous work. In 1998, the book was rated number 37 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library on the list of the 100 best 20th-century novels. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

Author : California Division of Water Resources
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 2015-09-07
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ISBN : 9781341896088

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Author : California Division Of Water Resources
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,86 MB
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780282325787

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Excerpt from San Luis Rey River Investigation, 1936 Appendix A consists of eight tracings twenty-eight inches by forty inches in size. Two show the topography cf the Bonsall dam site at a scale of cne inch equals one hun-lrec'x feet with five feet contours arrl the location of the various exploratory workings. One shows profiles cf the various explorations and the classifications of the materials encountered. Five Show the topography cf the Bonsall reservoir at a scale of one inch equals four hundred feet with a contour. 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.