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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... give the second name , called me A. for her husband , my mother's father . It was short for Aaron , but he was called A. and signed himself A. The name was given but not used . People called me " Willie , " " Billy , " " W. A. , ” and ...
... give the second name , called me A. for her husband , my mother's father . It was short for Aaron , but he was called A. and signed himself A. The name was given but not used . People called me " Willie , " " Billy , " " W. A. , ” and ...
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... give me to her . She talked of how lonesome she would be away from home and relations . She talked of what it would mean for me to be raised in Dallas , but they were not going to live in Dallas . Maggie had found a place for them in ...
... give me to her . She talked of how lonesome she would be away from home and relations . She talked of what it would mean for me to be raised in Dallas , but they were not going to live in Dallas . Maggie had found a place for them in ...
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... give up trying to help you , ” he said . “ I wouldn't loan you a dollar for anything . " There was only one thing for me to say . " I'm quitting . " " Not till crops're laid by . You give me your word to stay and you're going to stay ...
... give up trying to help you , ” he said . “ I wouldn't loan you a dollar for anything . " There was only one thing for me to say . " I'm quitting . " " Not till crops're laid by . You give me your word to stay and you're going to stay ...
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