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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... ELLERY . 116 · XIII . FACING TROUBLE CLOSE UP XIV . A WALNUT CREEK SIREN 121 • 136 XV . TO MAKE A PRAIRIE HOLIDAY 156 XVI . PLAIN SALT AND COMMON CLAY . · 163 XVII . THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE 174 XVIII . A NEIGHBORHOOD " LITERARY " · 185 ...
... ELLERY . 116 · XIII . FACING TROUBLE CLOSE UP XIV . A WALNUT CREEK SIREN 121 • 136 XV . TO MAKE A PRAIRIE HOLIDAY 156 XVI . PLAIN SALT AND COMMON CLAY . · 163 XVII . THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE 174 XVIII . A NEIGHBORHOOD " LITERARY " · 185 ...
Pàgina 115
... : " Good luck , Nan - little sweetheart ! " Happy tears were in her eyes as she watched him turn his horse and gallop away to the wagon . CHAPTER XII JULIA ELLERY NOREST'S trial for killing Dick Brothers THE ROUND - UP PAGE.
... : " Good luck , Nan - little sweetheart ! " Happy tears were in her eyes as she watched him turn his horse and gallop away to the wagon . CHAPTER XII JULIA ELLERY NOREST'S trial for killing Dick Brothers THE ROUND - UP PAGE.
Pàgina 116
... Ellery , a friend of Mrs. Hardwick's , who lived at Fort Tyler and was traveling down on the same train . to take Nan into her home there . She would be glad Kearns also wrote : " Don't tell her this , but I want the jury to see her ...
... Ellery , a friend of Mrs. Hardwick's , who lived at Fort Tyler and was traveling down on the same train . to take Nan into her home there . She would be glad Kearns also wrote : " Don't tell her this , but I want the jury to see her ...
Pàgina 117
... Ellery'll be there , too , an ' I'll have a chance to size her up . The ' Flyer ' don't pull out till eight , even if it's on time , which it hardly ever is , an ' we'll get to cousin May's by six easy . " I remember now- 99 But Nan ...
... Ellery'll be there , too , an ' I'll have a chance to size her up . The ' Flyer ' don't pull out till eight , even if it's on time , which it hardly ever is , an ' we'll get to cousin May's by six easy . " I remember now- 99 But Nan ...
Pàgina 118
... Ellery was already at Mrs. Hardwick's when Nan and her aunt arrived , a chatty , plumpish , blue- eyed blonde woman in the middle thirties . Under care- fully darkened brows , her friendly eyes sparkled , and her smile revealed rows of ...
... Ellery was already at Mrs. Hardwick's when Nan and her aunt arrived , a chatty , plumpish , blue- eyed blonde woman in the middle thirties . Under care- fully darkened brows , her friendly eyes sparkled , and her smile revealed rows of ...
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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 !