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 5
... night to telegraph . . . . But look here , Aunty , " and Nan returned to the condemned book , " what's the matter with a book like that ? I'll bet it's interesting if Dad likes it . " " Don't really know if it's interestin ' or not ...
... night to telegraph . . . . But look here , Aunty , " and Nan returned to the condemned book , " what's the matter with a book like that ? I'll bet it's interesting if Dad likes it . " " Don't really know if it's interestin ' or not ...
Pàgina 13
... night at the Dines farm , heard them discuss the problems raised as the whites poured into the land . She knew what her own people said , the white families who settled nearby ; and knew the hopes and ambitions of those others who ...
... night at the Dines farm , heard them discuss the problems raised as the whites poured into the land . She knew what her own people said , the white families who settled nearby ; and knew the hopes and ambitions of those others who ...
Pàgina 19
... Night , Daddy boy ! " It had been her mother's intimate protective term ; and what a lot of love and protective understanding he needed ! A crayon enlargement of her mother's picture hung over Nan's narrow bed that stood at the other ...
... Night , Daddy boy ! " It had been her mother's intimate protective term ; and what a lot of love and protective understanding he needed ! A crayon enlargement of her mother's picture hung over Nan's narrow bed that stood at the other ...
Pàgina 22
... night . I thought I'd better come an ' tell you some- thin ' first . " He hesitated . " It's about your Dad , Nan . . . . Listen . " As he talked , his troubled eyes avoided hers , and he drew a quirt nervously through his fingers . ༦༦ ...
... night . I thought I'd better come an ' tell you some- thin ' first . " He hesitated . " It's about your Dad , Nan . . . . Listen . " As he talked , his troubled eyes avoided hers , and he drew a quirt nervously through his fingers . ༦༦ ...
Pàgina 24
... night , an ' maybe . .. Looks to me ... like the best thing is to wait for him to show up . Of course , " Tom lied reluctantly , " I don't know what they want your Dad for , but I sh'd think he'd need time to think things over . If ...
... night , an ' maybe . .. Looks to me ... like the best thing is to wait for him to show up . Of course , " Tom lied reluctantly , " I don't know what they want your Dad for , but I sh'd think he'd need time to think things over . If ...
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 !