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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... talk but did not know why they hated him . They were from fifteen to eighteen and had paired off , boy , girl , boy , girl . They were young men and women , full of talk of love . When Mr. Jessee turned his back , they passed notes up ...
... talk but did not know why they hated him . They were from fifteen to eighteen and had paired off , boy , girl , boy , girl . They were young men and women , full of talk of love . When Mr. Jessee turned his back , they passed notes up ...
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... talking as I had never been able to talk to Mr. Jessee . When the room was dark from the shade of trees I got up to go home . My work had to be done before night came on . Quietly he stood up and put Martin Eden in my hands . For a ...
... talking as I had never been able to talk to Mr. Jessee . When the room was dark from the shade of trees I got up to go home . My work had to be done before night came on . Quietly he stood up and put Martin Eden in my hands . For a ...
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... talk at home and I've got to tell somebody , " the first girl said . " I'm so scared . I've kept it to myself three weeks and I've got to talk . " The other girl and I kept quiet and let her talk . " We were playing snap and I let him ...
... talk at home and I've got to tell somebody , " the first girl said . " I'm so scared . I've kept it to myself three weeks and I've got to talk . " The other girl and I kept quiet and let her talk . " We were playing snap and I let him ...
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