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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... Texas ? " " No , " Nan answered , a fleeting shadow of disap- pointment crossing her eyes . " He got another letter from Gabe Horner offering to make him straw boss on the ranch and pay him fifty dollars a month . He went in to Big ...
... Texas ? " " No , " Nan answered , a fleeting shadow of disap- pointment crossing her eyes . " He got another letter from Gabe Horner offering to make him straw boss on the ranch and pay him fifty dollars a month . He went in to Big ...
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... Texas ? " " Sure said he would , anyway ! " boomed Billy Dines as he came into the aisle over a manger - a gray- bearded , plump little man of seventy in straw hat , broad - checked shirt , blue overalls supported by wide sweat ...
... Texas ? " " Sure said he would , anyway ! " boomed Billy Dines as he came into the aisle over a manger - a gray- bearded , plump little man of seventy in straw hat , broad - checked shirt , blue overalls supported by wide sweat ...
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... 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 opening the barnlot gate . " What else you got against him , Nancy ? " Nan met his shrewd smile ...
... 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 opening the barnlot gate . " What else you got against him , Nancy ? " Nan met his shrewd smile ...
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... Texas , she had gone farther afield with Tom . He was twenty - four ; and he had been a regular cowboy , with his own string of ponies , for six years before deciding in a moment of restlessness to " pull his freight for the Indian coun ...
... Texas , she had gone farther afield with Tom . He was twenty - four ; and he had been a regular cowboy , with his own string of ponies , for six years before deciding in a moment of restlessness to " pull his freight for the Indian coun ...
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A Novel of Transition Days in Oklahoma John Milton Oskison. steers that covered the Texas ranges ; he sang " Sam Bass , " the Texas classic , for her ; laughed with a fasci- nating wrinkle of his sunburned nose and a narrowing of blue ...
A Novel of Transition Days in Oklahoma John Milton Oskison. steers that covered the Texas ranges ; he sang " Sam Bass , " the Texas classic , for her ; laughed with a fasci- nating wrinkle of his sunburned nose and a narrowing of blue ...
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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 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 !