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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... CLOSE UP XIV . A WALNUT CREEK SIREN 121 • 136 XV . TO MAKE A PRAIRIE HOLIDAY 156 XVI . PLAIN SALT AND COMMON CLAY . · 163 XVII . THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE 174 XVIII . A NEIGHBORHOOD " LITERARY " · 185 XIX . THE HAYMAN'S LYRICAL MOMENT . 201 ...
... CLOSE UP XIV . A WALNUT CREEK SIREN 121 • 136 XV . TO MAKE A PRAIRIE HOLIDAY 156 XVI . PLAIN SALT AND COMMON CLAY . · 163 XVII . THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE 174 XVIII . A NEIGHBORHOOD " LITERARY " · 185 XIX . THE HAYMAN'S LYRICAL MOMENT . 201 ...
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... close - clinging green - head flies from the mare's belly . " Time we was gettin ' this hay in , " Sam observed , hooking a knee over the " Giraffe's " high withers and shoving a battered and sweat - stained hat back on his grizzled ...
... close - clinging green - head flies from the mare's belly . " Time we was gettin ' this hay in , " Sam observed , hooking a knee over the " Giraffe's " high withers and shoving a battered and sweat - stained hat back on his grizzled ...
Pàgina 27
... 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 ! " she cried , trembled for some moments in his embrace , then said ...
... 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 ! " she cried , trembled for some moments in his embrace , then said ...
Pàgina 34
... close to lay her hand appealingly on his 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 ...
... close to lay her hand appealingly on his 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 ...
Pàgina 37
... close against the warm breast . Blink- ing and stumbling , Sam Davis stepped into the lamp- light . Susan Dines turned to him : " Set down , Sam ; let me think . " Holding Nan tight , she stared over her head for a minute and decided ...
... close against the warm breast . Blink- ing and stumbling , Sam Davis stepped into the lamp- light . Susan Dines turned to him : " Set down , Sam ; let me think . " Holding Nan tight , she stared over her head for a minute and decided ...
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 !