'I need a job," said Jetty, looking Fitch straight in the eye.
Fitch looked at his hands, worn and dirty but not shaking.
'You a trapper?"
'I was."
'Blackfoot scare you off?"
'It was my boat. It turned over crossing the Colorado."
Fitch looked at his moccasins, made of deer elk. He'd stuffed pieces of sheepskin inside, and walked two hundred miles from the Colorado River to San Diego. He still stood tall, without limping.
'You trap alone?" Fitch asked.
'I had two partners. One got killed by the Indians. The other got shot in the leg at the Rendezvous. I cut it off for...
'I need a job," said Jetty, looking Fitch straight in the eye.
Fitch looked at his hands, worn and dirty but not shaking.
Early settlers in Imperial Valley wet their beds to stay cool on hot summer nights. They lived in tents, made homemade filters for their water and rode miles to see their neighbor. It was worth it because the land was fertile and the newly built irrigation system provided all they needed for bountiful crops.
And then the flood came.
Early settlers in Imperial Valley wet their beds to stay cool on hot summer nights. They lived in tents, made homemade filters for their water and rod...
This volume presents the thoroughly revised proceedings of the ICSE '94 Workshop on Joint Research Issues in Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction, held in Sorrento, Italy in May 1994. In harmony with the main objectives of the Workshop, this book essentially contributes to establishing a sound common platform for exchange and cooperation among researchers and design professionals from the SE and HCI communities. The book includes survey papers by leading experts as well as focused submitted papers. Among the topics covered are design, processes, user interface technology and...
This volume presents the thoroughly revised proceedings of the ICSE '94 Workshop on Joint Research Issues in Software Engineering and Human-Computer I...