Wild Harvest: A Novel of Transition Days in OklahomaWhite House, 1925 - 299 pàgines Wild Harvest, one the most important debuts of modern Native American writers, may rightfully be called the first Native American novel of the modern era. The author, John Milton Oskison, 1874-1947, was born near Tahlequah, Indian Territory to a part-Cherokee mother and a white father. He was a member of the first graduating class from Willie Halsell College in 1894, and later editor and editorial writer for the New York Evening Post and associate editor and finance editor for Collier's Weekly. He was a World War I veteran. |
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Pàgina 1
... Dines's amused , shrill response came from below . " Get dressed soon's you can ; your Uncle Billy's already out to the barn . " " All right , Aunty . " Nan flung her nightgown on the bed , stood before the open south window to feel the ...
... Dines's amused , shrill response came from below . " Get dressed soon's you can ; your Uncle Billy's already out to the barn . " " All right , Aunty . " Nan flung her nightgown on the bed , stood before the open south window to feel the ...
Pàgina 5
... Dines argued calmly . " I never could read one , nor you can't either . All I know is it's cheap trash , worst kind ... Billy he'd better come a - runnin ' if he wants his biscuits hot . " A big voice from the gloom of the stalls ...
... Dines argued calmly . " I never could read one , nor you can't either . All I know is it's cheap trash , worst kind ... Billy he'd better come a - runnin ' if he wants his biscuits hot . " A big voice from the gloom of the stalls ...
Pàgina 6
... Billy , do you believe Dad's going to bring up two hundred head of steers from Texas ? " " Sure said he would , anyway ! " boomed Billy Dines as he came into the aisle over a manger - a gray- bearded , plump little man of seventy in ...
... Billy , do you believe Dad's going to bring up two hundred head of steers from Texas ? " " Sure said he would , anyway ! " boomed Billy Dines as he came into the aisle over a manger - a gray- bearded , plump little man of seventy in ...
Pàgina 7
... Billy Dines's example . Nan's frail mother died in the raw dull weather of their first spring in the long grass country . After 7 THE DAWN OF A PRAIRIE EPOCH.
... Billy Dines's example . Nan's frail mother died in the raw dull weather of their first spring in the long grass country . After 7 THE DAWN OF A PRAIRIE EPOCH.
Pàgina 13
... Billy Dines would add : " And Vergil's only one of many ! " The Stokes brothers , Vergil and Harvey , had come into the territory at the same time as the Forests . They had settled on Thunder Creek , where Vergil had married an Indian ...
... Billy Dines would add : " And Vergil's only one of many ! " The Stokes brothers , Vergil and Harvey , had come into the territory at the same time as the Forests . They had settled on Thunder Creek , where Vergil had married an Indian ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
ain't arms asked Aunty baler baling began Bess Big Grove Bill Ridge Billy Dines Billy's brother Buster called cattle cheeks Ches Forest cowboy dance Davis Dines's door Dunkin face farm father folks Gabe Horner girl goin grinned hand Harve Harvey Stokes Harvey's head heard Henry Bear's herd Homeville honey lamb Honeywell horns Indian Jack Hayes Jennie Joe Tiger Julia Ellery Jumbo Kate Kearns kiss kitchen laughed listened long grass country longhorns look Madden Nan's eyes Nancy Nigger horse night old woman outfit pistol prairie pulled quirt ride rode rose Ruby Engel Ruby's saddle Sam Davis Shorty smile somethin stack steers stood supper sure Susan Dines talk tell Texas things thought thump-hah Thunder Creek Tom Winger Tom's turned Uncle Billy Vergil voice wagon wait Walnut Creek watched whispered Winger young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 20 - Yes, we'll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river — Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God.
Pàgina 38 - Bible states that the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children.
Pàgina 133 - Father, dear father, come home to me now, The clock in the steeple strikes One with a concealed chorus of sentimental lady singers in the background.
Pàgina 19 - Wait till the clouds roll by, Jennie, Wait till the clouds roll by !