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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... mother's grandmother ; and Linnie , two , named for my father's mother , Malinda Duvall , and my mother's mother , Alice Chennault . A fifth child was due in November . So my father went to pick cotton on the prairie , leaving my mother ...
... mother's grandmother ; and Linnie , two , named for my father's mother , Malinda Duvall , and my mother's mother , Alice Chennault . A fifth child was due in November . So my father went to pick cotton on the prairie , leaving my mother ...
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... mother and grandmother were waiting for us in the yard . " I'm gonna give Old Betty a piece o ' my mind , " my grand- mother said . My mother looked at me . " I'm going with her . You're coming , too . " Without another word we went up ...
... mother and grandmother were waiting for us in the yard . " I'm gonna give Old Betty a piece o ' my mind , " my grand- mother said . My mother looked at me . " I'm going with her . You're coming , too . " Without another word we went up ...
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... mother went over near the piano . " I want you to sing a church song before you go , " she said . " I'd feel a heap better if you sung a church song . " This time my mother let herself be brought to the piano . She sat down and opened ...
... mother went over near the piano . " I want you to sing a church song before you go , " she said . " I'd feel a heap better if you sung a church song . " This time my mother let herself be brought to the piano . She sat down and opened ...
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