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
... eyes and abundant brows to full , laughter - haunted lips ; her ex- quisitely modeled chin cut sharply inward to the brown column of her throat set between shoulders still notice- ably hollowed . At the end of rounded and ripplingly ...
... eyes and abundant brows to full , laughter - haunted lips ; her ex- quisitely modeled chin cut sharply inward to the brown column of her throat set between shoulders still notice- ably hollowed . At the end of rounded and ripplingly ...
Pàgina 5
... 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 Grove last night to telegraph . . . . But look here , Aunty , " and Nan returned to the ...
... 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 Grove last night to telegraph . . . . But look here , Aunty , " and Nan returned to the ...
Pàgina 9
... eyes and quickened her imagination . She had ridden over some of it with her father ; and since early spring , when Tom Winger came up from Texas , she had gone farther afield with Tom . He was twenty - four ; and he had been a regular ...
... eyes and quickened her imagination . She had ridden over some of it with her father ; and since early spring , when Tom Winger came up from Texas , she had gone farther afield with Tom . He was twenty - four ; and he had been a regular ...
Pàgina 12
... throated thrushes swaying on stiff weed - tops , and boom- ing prairie cocks ; her eyes had widened and sparkled at the sight of miles and miles of undulating seas of shining , dew - wet spider webs spun from grass 12 WILD HARVEST.
... throated thrushes swaying on stiff weed - tops , and boom- ing prairie cocks ; her eyes had widened and sparkled at the sight of miles and miles of undulating seas of shining , dew - wet spider webs spun from grass 12 WILD HARVEST.
Pàgina 14
... steers that were to make the Forest fortune . She went at the task with an eager lift of her head , a forward thrust of her young body , a proud light in her eyes . CHAPTER II A PRODIGAL FATHER Ta corner of the long WILD HARVEST.
... steers that were to make the Forest fortune . She went at the task with an eager lift of her head , a forward thrust of her young body , a proud light in her eyes . CHAPTER II A PRODIGAL FATHER Ta corner of the long WILD HARVEST.
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 !