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 6
... horses . They left the barn together , Nan's hand in her uncle's , in the luminous pink of the midsummer dawn . He looked sidewise at her flushed face , her up - flung head , felt the hard pressure of her fingers and changed his mind ...
... horses . They left the barn together , Nan's hand in her uncle's , in the luminous pink of the midsummer dawn . He looked sidewise at her flushed face , her up - flung head , felt the hard pressure of her fingers and changed his mind ...
Pàgina 25
... horse : " Good luck yourself , Tom ! " She sat on the kitchen doorstep to think over care- fully what Tom had told her , to fight off the fear that was clutching at her heart . Her Dad was somewhere near the Little Walnut Road ...
... horse : " Good luck yourself , Tom ! " She sat on the kitchen doorstep to think over care- fully what Tom had told her , to fight off the fear that was clutching at her heart . Her Dad was somewhere near the Little Walnut Road ...
Pàgina 26
... horse - weed rose to reproach her for not taking time from school in early spring to fight them with a hoe . She passed beyond the field , and her thoughts turned back to the little pile of paper - covered thrillers she had examined ...
... horse - weed rose to reproach her for not taking time from school in early spring to fight them with a hoe . She passed beyond the field , and her thoughts turned back to the little pile of paper - covered thrillers she had examined ...
Pàgina 33
... horses , the chirring of crickets in the grass , the soft stir of a prairie owl , rising from its feast on a field mouse . When Billy Dines spoke , it was evident that he wanted to divert Nan's thoughts from her worst trouble : " I don ...
... horses , the chirring of crickets in the grass , the soft stir of a prairie owl , rising from its feast on a field mouse . When Billy Dines spoke , it was evident that he wanted to divert Nan's thoughts from her worst trouble : " I don ...
Pàgina 34
... horse he had previously staked in a concealing draw . He followed along well behind them . Nan led the way across ... horses . " Well , Billy , " he greeted his brother - in - law nerv- ously . " I see you got here . " Nan untied the ...
... horse he had previously staked in a concealing draw . He followed along well behind them . Nan led the way across ... horses . " Well , Billy , " he greeted his brother - in - law nerv- ously . " I see you got here . " Nan untied the ...
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 !