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
... FOREST yawned her young protest against getting up as the fumbling fingers N of a July dawn first touched her face . With bolder strokes , the fast mounting daylight brought her wide awake , recalled the day's task she had set for ...
... FOREST yawned her young protest against getting up as the fumbling fingers N of a July dawn first touched her face . With bolder strokes , the fast mounting daylight brought her wide awake , recalled the day's task she had set for ...
Pàgina 2
... Forest legs , an ' teeth that'd make a she - wolf jealous . " A lot Nan cared whether she was going to be pretty or not ! She had yielded to stockings and shoes , but had rebelled against longer skirts and laughed at Aunt Susan's ...
... Forest legs , an ' teeth that'd make a she - wolf jealous . " A lot Nan cared whether she was going to be pretty or not ! She had yielded to stockings and shoes , but had rebelled against longer skirts and laughed at Aunt Susan's ...
Pàgina 6
... pink of the midsummer dawn . He looked sidewise at her flushed face , her up - flung head , felt the hard pressure of her fingers and changed his mind about discussing Chester Forest's plans . He offered 6 WILD HARVEST.
... pink of the midsummer dawn . He looked sidewise at her flushed face , her up - flung head , felt the hard pressure of her fingers and changed his mind about discussing Chester Forest's plans . He offered 6 WILD HARVEST.
Pàgina 7
... Forest's plans . He offered instead : " I'm sorry Tom's made up his mind to go back to that ol ' Texas boss of his . He's young , an ' green at farmin ' , but he'd make a good hand in time ; an ' he's a nice feller . " He lingered in ...
... Forest's plans . He offered instead : " I'm sorry Tom's made up his mind to go back to that ol ' Texas boss of his . He's young , an ' green at farmin ' , but he'd make a good hand in time ; an ' he's a nice feller . " He lingered in ...
Pàgina 8
... Forest fields stretched a half mile of rank wild grass ; north of Dines's place , south of Forest's and west of both , the prairie continued unbroken as far as the eye could reach , except for in- tervening threads of timber - bordered ...
... Forest fields stretched a half mile of rank wild grass ; north of Dines's place , south of Forest's and west of both , the prairie continued unbroken as far as the eye could reach , except for in- tervening threads of timber - bordered ...
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 !