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 18
... Engel , a short , broad- beamed German , who was to help Sam on the stack . By noon everything was set to begin . By mid - afternoon , with the stacking crew rapidly transforming the windrows into a bulging rick and Billy Dines on the ...
... Engel , a short , broad- beamed German , who was to help Sam on the stack . By noon everything was set to begin . By mid - afternoon , with the stacking crew rapidly transforming the windrows into a bulging rick and Billy Dines on the ...
Pàgina 61
... Engel stopped in to see me a few minutes ago , on the way to town . He's goin ' in to haul out some stuff for Tom Winger an ' another fellow . " " So Tom's back , Uncle Billy ! " " Gettin ' in to - day , Fritz says , him an ' the other ...
... Engel stopped in to see me a few minutes ago , on the way to town . He's goin ' in to haul out some stuff for Tom Winger an ' another fellow . " " So Tom's back , Uncle Billy ! " " Gettin ' in to - day , Fritz says , him an ' the other ...
Pàgina 62
... Engel's for a while . Fritz says they're bringin ' up a carload of saddle horses . " " Then Tom did persuade Mr. Horner , " Nan said . " I'm so glad . But - look here , Uncle Billy , they'll have to feed those cattle for five or six ...
... Engel's for a while . Fritz says they're bringin ' up a carload of saddle horses . " " Then Tom did persuade Mr. Horner , " Nan said . " I'm so glad . But - look here , Uncle Billy , they'll have to feed those cattle for five or six ...
Pàgina 72
... Engel's got a case on you . She was askin ' all kinds of questions about you at noon . I sure gave you a rep ! " " Well , I'll tell you , ' Shorty , ' I ain't carin ' a hell of a lot about what kind of a reputation I've got with her ...
... Engel's got a case on you . She was askin ' all kinds of questions about you at noon . I sure gave you a rep ! " " Well , I'll tell you , ' Shorty , ' I ain't carin ' a hell of a lot about what kind of a reputation I've got with her ...
Pàgina 73
... Engel's education and promised himself diversion in finding out whether or not he could add to it . Ruby could have told him , but didn't , of her most recent course at her aunt's boarding house , at Joplin , when she was supposed to be ...
... Engel's education and promised himself diversion in finding out whether or not he could add to it . Ruby could have told him , but didn't , of her most recent course at her aunt's boarding house , at Joplin , when she was supposed to be ...
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 !