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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... waiting , and listening . Late in the night we heard a bloodhound bark and begin the high wailing that told us he was on the trail . We stood in the front yard and followed the sound of hounds , first as they went in circles in the ...
... waiting , and listening . Late in the night we heard a bloodhound bark and begin the high wailing that told us he was on the trail . We stood in the front yard and followed the sound of hounds , first as they went in circles in the ...
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... waiting for him to ride up on his pony , waiting to show him how far he would get , whipping everybody in school . I was part of the crowd , and as loud as any of the others talking against him . He came and rang the bell . To show him ...
... waiting for him to ride up on his pony , waiting to show him how far he would get , whipping everybody in school . I was part of the crowd , and as loud as any of the others talking against him . He came and rang the bell . To show him ...
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... waiting room . Each step brought something new - red - capped porters , sliding doors , so many people they had to go up one stair , down another . The waiting room , bigger than anything I had ever seen , had high ceilings , bright ...
... waiting room . Each step brought something new - red - capped porters , sliding doors , so many people they had to go up one stair , down another . The waiting room , bigger than anything I had ever seen , had high ceilings , bright ...
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