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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... meet there , Away over in the Promised Land . " You ought to hear the Choctaws shower down on that one , " Aunt Nellie said . " Can you sing it ? " my grandmother asked her . " I don't know . I ain't sung none since Bessie died . " They ...
... meet there , Away over in the Promised Land . " You ought to hear the Choctaws shower down on that one , " Aunt Nellie said . " Can you sing it ? " my grandmother asked her . " I don't know . I ain't sung none since Bessie died . " They ...
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... meet was the next Saturday . The girls went to the meet and lost in the first round . Pin Hook was not surprised . Pin Hook did not care . Pin Hook was so busy playing rolyholy that nothing else mattered . Rolyholy is a game of marbles ...
... meet was the next Saturday . The girls went to the meet and lost in the first round . Pin Hook was not surprised . Pin Hook did not care . Pin Hook was so busy playing rolyholy that nothing else mattered . Rolyholy is a game of marbles ...
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... Meet me tomorrow night and I'll show you . " " Where ? " " Down by Turtle Creek . " He watched me wash dishes , sitting on a stool , looking tired and sleepy . Long before I was through he was ready to be on his way to meet Cleaver . I ...
... Meet me tomorrow night and I'll show you . " " Where ? " " Down by Turtle Creek . " He watched me wash dishes , sitting on a stool , looking tired and sleepy . Long before I was through he was ready to be on his way to meet Cleaver . I ...
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