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 17
... talk with our foreman , Mr. Winger . " Old Sam would turn grateful eyes to her , and bow his head when she added gently : " Now you see how wrong you were , Sam . The Forest cattle are grazing on a thousand hills ! " Then Nan laughed ...
... talk with our foreman , Mr. Winger . " Old Sam would turn grateful eyes to her , and bow his head when she added gently : " Now you see how wrong you were , Sam . The Forest cattle are grazing on a thousand hills ! " Then Nan laughed ...
Pàgina 21
... will go and call him . " But Maltravers hissed : " You know very well that I am not here to bandy words with John Hobart . You and I must have a plain talk to - day about " " Yes , I know . About Dorothy , my 21 A PRODIGAL FATHER.
... will go and call him . " But Maltravers hissed : " You know very well that I am not here to bandy words with John Hobart . You and I must have a plain talk to - day about " " Yes , I know . About Dorothy , my 21 A PRODIGAL FATHER.
Pàgina 40
... talk to us about William Bent an ' Jim Baker an ' Saint Vrain an ' Chaves and Jim Bridger until you'd think them old timers was near neighbors , ' stead of rangin ' anywhere from a thousand to fifteen hundred miles away ! . " One day ...
... talk to us about William Bent an ' Jim Baker an ' Saint Vrain an ' Chaves and Jim Bridger until you'd think them old timers was near neighbors , ' stead of rangin ' anywhere from a thousand to fifteen hundred miles away ! . " One day ...
Pàgina 44
... talk about the hayin ' . It'll help ease her mind now . " " Soon as she hears her pa ain't hurt an ' Kearns is takin ' his case she'll go to sleep , " Billy Dines predicted ; and she did . In the morning Susan Dines , moving quietly ...
... talk about the hayin ' . It'll help ease her mind now . " " Soon as she hears her pa ain't hurt an ' Kearns is takin ' his case she'll go to sleep , " Billy Dines predicted ; and she did . In the morning Susan Dines , moving quietly ...
Pàgina 50
... , Mr. Dines ; and this is Nancy Forest . Yes . Age , fifteen - and five months . Yes . What grade shall we enter Nancy in ? " Billy Dines failed to per- ceive that O'Shea was talking to himself , and replied 50 WILD HARVEST.
... , Mr. Dines ; and this is Nancy Forest . Yes . Age , fifteen - and five months . Yes . What grade shall we enter Nancy in ? " Billy Dines failed to per- ceive that O'Shea was talking to himself , and replied 50 WILD HARVEST.
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 !