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 18
... rode Bess to the stack , to watch for a time the smooth work- ing of the crew gathered by Billy Dines , to be paid by Billy Dines , for putting up her father's hay . The thought troubled her ; but Dad would repay Uncle Billy when his ...
... rode Bess to the stack , to watch for a time the smooth work- ing of the crew gathered by Billy Dines , to be paid by Billy Dines , for putting up her father's hay . The thought troubled her ; but Dad would repay Uncle Billy when his ...
Pàgina 28
... Rode a freight train all the way up . . . . " He seemed to have exhausted all the words he knew , and stood glancing from side to side . Nan waited , her hands clasped tightly about his thin arm in a passion of pity- ing love . Suddenly ...
... Rode a freight train all the way up . . . . " He seemed to have exhausted all the words he knew , and stood glancing from side to side . Nan waited , her hands clasped tightly about his thin arm in a passion of pity- ing love . Suddenly ...
Pàgina 32
... . Out of hearing of the hired men , smoking on the front porch , Billy Dines asked : " Did you bring some grub ? " " Yes ; it's in my bonnet . " She touched the package tied to the horn of the battered saddle she rode 32 WILD HARVEST.
... . Out of hearing of the hired men , smoking on the front porch , Billy Dines asked : " Did you bring some grub ? " " Yes ; it's in my bonnet . " She touched the package tied to the horn of the battered saddle she rode 32 WILD HARVEST.
Pàgina 33
... rode . For five minutes the only sounds they heard were made by the plodding feet of the two 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 ...
... rode . For five minutes the only sounds they heard were made by the plodding feet of the two 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 ...
Pàgina 34
... rode 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 ...
... rode 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 ...
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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 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 !