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. |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 49–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
Էջ 44
... brought back sacks of flour and red beans , buckets of molasses and lard , and a big piece of side meat which we called middling . For the older children grub was treat enough . For the younger he brought candy teddy bears , which he ...
... brought back sacks of flour and red beans , buckets of molasses and lard , and a big piece of side meat which we called middling . For the older children grub was treat enough . For the younger he brought candy teddy bears , which he ...
Էջ 188
... brought to the piano . She sat down and opened the songbook to " In the Sweet By and By . " Monroe held the lamp close for her to see . People came in till there was no more room for standing . Those standing close enough to see sang ...
... brought to the piano . She sat down and opened the songbook to " In the Sweet By and By . " Monroe held the lamp close for her to see . People came in till there was no more room for standing . Those standing close enough to see sang ...
Էջ 302
... brought in by the women . Then I got the serving room ready for the students who had been brought in to serve the tables . Mass over late , priests and men and women in Sunday clothes came down the long hall to the refectory . There was ...
... brought in by the women . Then I got the serving room ready for the students who had been brought in to serve the tables . Mass over late , priests and men and women in Sunday clothes came down the long hall to the refectory . There was ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
ain't asked Aunt Aunt Nellie Aunt Vick began better Blossom boys brothers brought called Cleaver close clothes coming corn cotton crying Dallas dark Dewey door eyes face father feel field fire front gave girls give gone grandmother ground hands hard head hear heard hold horses inside keep kitchen knew land laughed learned leaves light listened living looked meet Monroe morning mother moved never night passed picking piece Pin Hook play ready rest road seen side singing sitting song sound stand started stay stood stopped talk teacher tell things thought told took tried turned voice wagon waiting walked wanted warm watched women woods