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
... Susan 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 ...
... Susan 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 ...
Pàgina 3
... Susan Dines was slicing cold boiled potatoes for frying in bacon fat , Nan was tying her braids with a short length of coarse black ribbon . She leaned forward im- pulsively to kiss her aunt's plump neck , exposed under smoothly up ...
... Susan Dines was slicing cold boiled potatoes for frying in bacon fat , Nan was tying her braids with a short length of coarse black ribbon . She leaned forward im- pulsively to kiss her aunt's plump neck , exposed under smoothly up ...
Pàgina 4
... Susan Dines took the book , glanced at its lurid title , " Hell on Wheels ; or , the Terror of Fiddler's Gulch , " and at the cover , a colored drawing of a broad - hatted , long - coated and fiercely mustached two - gun man deal- ing ...
... Susan Dines took the book , glanced at its lurid title , " Hell on Wheels ; or , the Terror of Fiddler's Gulch , " and at the cover , a colored drawing of a broad - hatted , long - coated and fiercely mustached two - gun man deal- ing ...
Pàgina 5
... Susan Dines argued calmly . " I never could read one , nor you can't either . All I know is it's cheap trash , worst kind . It's hard enough to get your pa down to work without havin ' a book like that layin ' handy to toll him off into ...
... Susan Dines argued calmly . " I never could read one , nor you can't either . All I know is it's cheap trash , worst kind . It's hard enough to get your pa down to work without havin ' a book like that layin ' handy to toll him off into ...
Pàgina 18
... Dines on the clattering mowing machine laying low another rectangle of hip ... Dines , to be paid by Billy Dines , for putting up her father's hay . The thought ... Susan's , had left it in a mess . She would have to clean the kitchen ...
... Dines on the clattering mowing machine laying low another rectangle of hip ... Dines , to be paid by Billy Dines , for putting up her father's hay . The thought ... Susan's , had left it in a mess . She would have to clean the kitchen ...
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 !