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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A Novel of Transition Days in Oklahoma John Milton Oskison. COPYRIGHT , 1925 , BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHAPTER CONTENTS I. THE DAWN OF A PRAIRIE EPOCH II.
A Novel of Transition Days in Oklahoma John Milton Oskison. COPYRIGHT , 1925 , BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHAPTER CONTENTS I. THE DAWN OF A PRAIRIE EPOCH II.
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... PRAIRIE EPOCH II . A PRODIGAL FATHER PAGE · I 15 III . LIVING A MELODRAMA 23 IV . " THE BLESSED ROUTINE OF TOIL " 38 V. AT BIG GROVE ACADEMY 48 VI . HAY IN THE STACK 55 58 VII . NAN GOUNTS HER CHICKENS VIII . LONGHORNS IX . TOM WINGER'S ...
... PRAIRIE EPOCH II . A PRODIGAL FATHER PAGE · I 15 III . LIVING A MELODRAMA 23 IV . " THE BLESSED ROUTINE OF TOIL " 38 V. AT BIG GROVE ACADEMY 48 VI . HAY IN THE STACK 55 58 VII . NAN GOUNTS HER CHICKENS VIII . LONGHORNS IX . TOM WINGER'S ...
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A Novel of Transition Days in Oklahoma John Milton Oskison. WILD HARVEST WILD HARVEST CHAPTER I THE DAWN OF A PRAIRIE EPOCH.
A Novel of Transition Days in Oklahoma John Milton Oskison. WILD HARVEST WILD HARVEST CHAPTER I THE DAWN OF A PRAIRIE EPOCH.
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... PRAIRIE EPOCH TAN FOREST yawned her young protest against getting up as the fumbling fingers N of a July dawn first touched her face . With bolder strokes , the fast mounting daylight brought her wide awake , recalled the day's task she ...
... PRAIRIE EPOCH TAN FOREST yawned her young protest against getting up as the fumbling fingers N of a July dawn first touched her face . With bolder strokes , the fast mounting daylight brought her wide awake , recalled the day's task she ...
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... prairie astride Bess's Dolly , bare legged , blue denim drawers well above her knees and skirt a mere suggestion , why should she have ceased to be a child on the eleventh of May , or the sixth of July , for that matter ? She was still ...
... prairie astride Bess's Dolly , bare legged , blue denim drawers well above her knees and skirt a mere suggestion , why should she have ceased to be a child on the eleventh of May , or the sixth of July , for that matter ? She was still ...
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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
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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 !