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 3
... arms , her hard - palmed hands seemed as yet slightly exaggerated in size . Her fingers were supple , slender . Her body was erect and flat , like that of a boy athlete . " Hello , Aunty ! " As she entered the kitchen , where Susan ...
... arms , her hard - palmed hands seemed as yet slightly exaggerated in size . Her fingers were supple , slender . Her body was erect and flat , like that of a boy athlete . " Hello , Aunty ! " As she entered the kitchen , where Susan ...
Pàgina 24
... arm . " I was wonderin ' if I ought to tell Mr. Dines ? " Tom's suggestion was tentative . " What do you think ? " Nan asked . " Well , I was figurin ' it out this way . You could tell your uncle to - night , an ' maybe . .. Looks to me ...
... arm . " I was wonderin ' if I ought to tell Mr. Dines ? " Tom's suggestion was tentative . " What do you think ? " Nan asked . " Well , I was figurin ' it out this way . You could tell your uncle to - night , an ' maybe . .. Looks to me ...
Pàgina 27
... arms around his neck and reached to kiss him ; and as her eyes came close to his face she saw that under the red mustache pale lips were trying for coherent utterance . In the grayish blue eyes was a glancing specter of terror . " Dad ...
... arms around his neck and reached to kiss him ; and as her eyes came close to his face she saw that under the red mustache pale lips were trying for coherent utterance . In the grayish blue eyes was a glancing specter of terror . " Dad ...
Pàgina 28
... arm in a passion of pity- ing love . Suddenly , incongruously , it seemed to Nan , he broke out : " God , I'm hungry ! " The words tore at her heart and she put her head on his shoulder and sobbed : " Oh , Daddy boy ; my poor Daddy ...
... arm in a passion of pity- ing love . Suddenly , incongruously , it seemed to Nan , he broke out : " God , I'm hungry ! " The words tore at her heart and she put her head on his shoulder and sobbed : " Oh , Daddy boy ; my poor Daddy ...
Pàgina 34
... arm . " Don't worry about that , Nancy ! " Presently he swore , softly , bitterly : " Damn guns ! I wish they'd never been invented . Men ought to settle rows with their fists . " As they passed the Forest place , a man , unseen by them ...
... arm . " Don't worry about that , Nancy ! " Presently he swore , softly , bitterly : " Damn guns ! I wish they'd never been invented . Men ought to settle rows with their fists . " As they passed the Forest place , a man , unseen by them ...
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 !