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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... STACK 55 58 VII . NAN GOUNTS HER CHICKENS VIII . LONGHORNS IX . TOM WINGER'S SOCIAL CRAVINGS X. WHAT RUBY WANTED XI . THE ROUND - UP 70 83 92 103 XII . JULIA ELLERY . 116 · XIII . FACING TROUBLE CLOSE UP XIV . A WALNUT CREEK SIREN 121 ...
... STACK 55 58 VII . NAN GOUNTS HER CHICKENS VIII . LONGHORNS IX . TOM WINGER'S SOCIAL CRAVINGS X. WHAT RUBY WANTED XI . THE ROUND - UP 70 83 92 103 XII . JULIA ELLERY . 116 · XIII . FACING TROUBLE CLOSE UP XIV . A WALNUT CREEK SIREN 121 ...
Pàgina 17
... for Uncle Billy with the stacking outfit . It came , two bull - rakes loaded on a wide hay frame , the stacker on another wagon , convoyed by her uncle , Sam Davis , a yellow - haired boy to drive 17 A PRODIGAL FATHER.
... for Uncle Billy with the stacking outfit . It came , two bull - rakes loaded on a wide hay frame , the stacker on another wagon , convoyed by her uncle , Sam Davis , a yellow - haired boy to drive 17 A PRODIGAL FATHER.
Pàgina 18
... stack . By noon everything was set to begin . By mid - afternoon , with the stacking crew rapidly transforming the windrows into a bulging rick and Billy Dines on the clattering mowing machine laying low another rectangle of hip - high ...
... stack . By noon everything was set to begin . By mid - afternoon , with the stacking crew rapidly transforming the windrows into a bulging rick and Billy Dines on the clattering mowing machine laying low another rectangle of hip - high ...
Pàgina 21
... stack of paper - covered books on a shelf , a collection that she had scarcely glanced at as she recovered them from the dust under her father's bed on the day he left for Texas . Now , with the memory of Aunt Susan's caustic ...
... stack of paper - covered books on a shelf , a collection that she had scarcely glanced at as she recovered them from the dust under her father's bed on the day he left for Texas . Now , with the memory of Aunt Susan's caustic ...
Pàgina 30
... stacked already ! " Before she passed out of sight , she looked back , saw him slump to a sitting position against a plum tree , lift his hat and draw a sleeve across his forehead . " Poor Dad ! " she sobbed , and began to run . Running ...
... stacked already ! " Before she passed out of sight , she looked back , saw him slump to a sitting position against a plum tree , lift his hat and draw a sleeve across his forehead . " Poor Dad ! " she sobbed , and began to run . Running ...
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 !