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 6
... Davis said he'd eat all the steers Dad brought from Texas - for break- fast ! " Billy Dines laughed as he dragged the basket away to distribute the corn to six whinnying horses . They left the barn together , Nan's hand in her uncle's ...
... Davis said he'd eat all the steers Dad brought from Texas - for break- fast ! " Billy Dines laughed as he dragged the basket away to distribute the corn to six whinnying horses . They left the barn together , Nan's hand in her uncle's ...
Pàgina 16
... Davis , pessimistically digging his heels into the sides of Uncle Billy's tall bay , appeared . Nan stopped to give Bess a breathing spell , jumped down and , with a wisp of hay , began flicking the voracious , close - clinging green ...
... Davis , pessimistically digging his heels into the sides of Uncle Billy's tall bay , appeared . Nan stopped to give Bess a breathing spell , jumped down and , with a wisp of hay , began flicking the voracious , close - clinging green ...
Pàgina 17
... Davis's retreating back she cried a passionate : " Oh , you and your visions - I hate you ! " Her hot resentment lasted until he was out of sight . It gave way to a picture , peopled and vivified by her quick imagination , of a day when ...
... Davis's retreating back she cried a passionate : " Oh , you and your visions - I hate you ! " Her hot resentment lasted until he was out of sight . It gave way to a picture , peopled and vivified by her quick imagination , of a day when ...
Pàgina 18
... Davis and Tom Winger , who had occupied the house since her father's departure for Texas and her own removal to Aunt Susan's , had left it in a mess . She would have to clean the kitchen , polish the stove , sweep and air the bedroom ...
... Davis and Tom Winger , who had occupied the house since her father's departure for Texas and her own removal to Aunt Susan's , had left it in a mess . She would have to clean the kitchen , polish the stove , sweep and air the bedroom ...
Pàgina 37
... Davis ! Get up this instant an ' come here ! " She drew Nan back into the lamplight , to question sternly : " What's happened , Nancy ? What about Ches an ' your uncle ? Who shot Ches ? " Under the compulsion of her aunt's eyes , Nan an ...
... Davis ! Get up this instant an ' come here ! " She drew Nan back into the lamplight , to question sternly : " What's happened , Nancy ? What about Ches an ' your uncle ? Who shot Ches ? " Under the compulsion of her aunt's eyes , Nan an ...
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 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 !