This Stubborn SoilScribner, 1966 - 307 էջ In this remarkable American autobiography, William Owens gives an account of his childhood and youth in Texas. Born in a tiny place called Pin Hook, not far from the Oklahoma border, Mr. Owens eloquently records a frontier life that seems incredible in the twentieth century -- a struggle with desperate poverty, with the land, and above all a struggle to gain an education. |
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... Dewey . " Golf course . They're playing golf . " This was something new to me , a game that took enough room to make a cow pasture . It took us a long time to go past , and I watched and asked questions . Dewey had seen it before but ...
... Dewey . " Golf course . They're playing golf . " This was something new to me , a game that took enough room to make a cow pasture . It took us a long time to go past , and I watched and asked questions . Dewey had seen it before but ...
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... Dewey talked of the new things of the oil fields ; my grandmother told again her stories of Camden , Arkansas . One ... Dewey . " I looked at Dewey . He knew as well as the rest of us what this meant . There was no sure cure for the flu ...
... Dewey talked of the new things of the oil fields ; my grandmother told again her stories of Camden , Arkansas . One ... Dewey . " I looked at Dewey . He knew as well as the rest of us what this meant . There was no sure cure for the flu ...
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... Dewey sold the chicken at a store close to the wagonyard for a quarter . Then he stopped at a store on Bonham Street and traded it for a pair of black Sunday socks . There was no place in the store for me to sit down and put them on . I ...
... Dewey sold the chicken at a store close to the wagonyard for a quarter . Then he stopped at a store on Bonham Street and traded it for a pair of black Sunday socks . There was no place in the store for me to sit down and put them on . I ...
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