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 4
... took the book , glanced at its lurid title , " Hell on Wheels ; or , the Terror of Fiddler's Gulch , " and at the cover , a colored drawing of a broad - hatted , long - coated and fiercely mustached two - gun man deal- ing death and ...
... took the book , glanced at its lurid title , " Hell on Wheels ; or , the Terror of Fiddler's Gulch , " and at the cover , a colored drawing of a broad - hatted , long - coated and fiercely mustached two - gun man deal- ing death and ...
Pàgina 31
... took " Uncle Billy , it's Dad ! Come in here , quick . " The old man followed , turned Bess into her stall , and stand- ing at the mare's heels in the gloom of the stable heard Nan's story . It ended with the passionate challenge : " We ...
... took " Uncle Billy , it's Dad ! Come in here , quick . " The old man followed , turned Bess into her stall , and stand- ing at the mare's heels in the gloom of the stable heard Nan's story . It ended with the passionate challenge : " We ...
Pàgina 40
... took off a dead Indian ; but of course , by that time , the watch wasn't any account . " After that , your grandma just sort of faded away . Then Ches an ' me had to fight it out alone up there in Missouri , until your Uncle Billy ...
... took off a dead Indian ; but of course , by that time , the watch wasn't any account . " After that , your grandma just sort of faded away . Then Ches an ' me had to fight it out alone up there in Missouri , until your Uncle Billy ...
Pàgina 43
... took Ches Forest , an ' he'll go back to stand trial in Texas . I know ! " Startled , Billy Dines glanced inquiringly at Davis . " Uh - huh , Mr. Dines , I've seed what's in store for him ; an ' , say , I been thinkin ' of his gal ...
... took Ches Forest , an ' he'll go back to stand trial in Texas . I know ! " Startled , Billy Dines glanced inquiringly at Davis . " Uh - huh , Mr. Dines , I've seed what's in store for him ; an ' , say , I been thinkin ' of his gal ...
Pàgina 45
... took the mornin ' train down . . . . " Her voice broke and she found herself on the other side of the table with Nan in her arms- " Oh , honey lamb , we mustn't take it too hard , must we ? " Nan's arms were straining about her aunt's ...
... took the mornin ' train down . . . . " Her voice broke and she found herself on the other side of the table with Nan in her arms- " Oh , honey lamb , we mustn't take it too hard , must we ? " Nan's arms were straining about her aunt's ...
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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 !