# A world of green hills Author: Torrey, Bradford, 1843-1912 Genre: Category: Travel Writing Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70026 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+world+of+green+hills+Torrey&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary In a day and a night I had come from early May to middle June; from a world of bare boughs to a forest clad in all the verdure of summer. Such a shine as the big, lusty leaves of the black-jack oaks had put on! I could have raised a shout. In the day when “all the trees of the field shall clap their hands,” may I be somewhere in the black-jack’s neighborhood. Hour after hour we sped along, out of North Carolina into South Carolina: now through miles and miles of forest; now past a lonely cabin, with roses before the door, white honeysuckle covering the fence, and acres of sunny ploughed land on either side. Here a river ran between close green hills, and there the hills parted and disclos... ## Chapters - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-world-of-green-hills-70026/chapters/14/index.md)