title: The Wingless Crow: Essays from the "Thornapples" Column
author:  Charles Fergus 
description: Octavo, , PP.188, Thirty Three Brilliant And Eclectic Essays About Science, Country Life, And The Natural World By A Wry Curmudgeon
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  ## ACORNA’S REBELS
  
  
  ## ANNE McCAFFREY  
  AND  
  ELIZABETH ANN  
  SCARBOROUGH
  
  
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  In loving memory of Donald Dean Scarborough
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  ONE
  
  
  The mountains were still not right. Oh, the peaks soared…
  
  
  
  
  
  TWO
  
  
  You didn’t need me, Jonas,” Nadhari said once they were…
  
  
  
  
  
  THREE
  
  
  Death? But I didn’t steal him,” Becker protested. “I rescued…
  
  
  
  
  
  FOUR
  
  
  The officers’ mess was filled with fragrant candles. Their soft…
  
  
  
  
  
  FIVE
  
  
  The grub wasn’t nearly as good as advertised, Becker thought,…
  
  
  
  
  
  SIX
  
  
  What could that possibly have been?”
  
  
  
  
  
  SEVEN
  
  
  At Kando’s invitation, Becker and MacDonald followed the Mulzar out…
  
  
  
  
  
  EIGHT
  
  
  The gray-and-black-brindled fur of the Condor’s elusive first mate blended…
  
  
  
  
  
  NINE
  
  
  The tasty tang of fresh blood, the deeply torn tracks…
  
  
  
  
  
  TEN
  
  
  She was dying. They were all dying in misery and…
  
  
  
  
  
  ELEVEN
  
  
  Miw-Sher’s cheek rested on the injured priest Bulaybub’s chest. The…
  
  
  
  
  
  