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Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806183534

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Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation by Michael Wallis Pdf

A deeply sympathetic, colorful evocation of life on the American prairies In Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation—a title inspired by the lyrics of Woody Guthrie—best-selling author Michael Wallis creates a brilliant tableau of America’s heartland. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this collection of sixteen essays reflects the finest examples of Wallis’s writing and harkens back to a time before fast food and malls replaced family-owned diners along Route 66. From tales of the notorious Oklahoma panhandle, where “the only law was the colt and the carbine,” to the fate of Woody Guthrie’s mother Nora, who, burdened by depression, set fire to her kids and spent the last years of her life in an asylum, Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation brings to life some of Oklahoma’s most memorable characters—the famous and infamous, the ordinary and down-home. “Enclosed within the covers of this book are some of my favorite spoonfuls of Oklahoma,” says Wallis. The result is a quintessential American book—a crazy quilt of stories and a powerful portrait of Okie identity.

Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0312094108

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A collection of essays reflects on the diversity of the state of Oklahoma, from its old-time images of native Americans and cowboys to such new icons as "new" oil money and Friday night football. By the author of Route 66.

Indian Gaming

Author : W. Dale Mason
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0806132604

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Indian Gaming by W. Dale Mason Pdf

Based on an award-winning dissertation, "Indian Gaming" examines the conflicts over the gaming operations of American Indian tribes, which have led to a new era of tribal autonomy. Also examined is the role of the United States Attorney's office and its authority on Indian lands. 20 illustrations. 2 maps.

Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0613627091

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A collection of essays reflects on the diversity of the state of Oklahoma, from its old-time images of Native Americans and cowboys to such new icons as "new" oil money and Friday night football

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South

Author : Richard Gray,Owen Robinson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470756690

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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South by Richard Gray,Owen Robinson Pdf

From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South. Includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region Combines treatment of major literary works and historical events with a survey of broader themes, movements and issues Explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Huston, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, as well as those - black and white, male and female - who are writing now Co-edited by the esteemed scholar Richard Gray, author of the acclaimed volume, A History of American Literature (Blackwell, 2003)

Reconstruction beyond 150

Author : Orville Vernon Burton,J. Brent Morris
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813949871

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Reconstruction beyond 150 by Orville Vernon Burton,J. Brent Morris Pdf

No period of United States history is more important and still less understood than Reconstruction. Now, at the sesquicentennial of the Reconstruction era, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris bring together the best new scholarship on the critical years after the Civil War and before the onset of Jim Crow, synthesizing social, political, economic, and cultural approaches to understanding this crucial period. Reconstruction was the most progressive period in United States history. Although marred by frequent violence and tragedy, it was a revolutionary era that offered hope, opportunity, and against all odds, a new birth of freedom for all Americans. Even though many of the gains of Reconstruction were rolled back and replaced with a repressive social and legal regime for African Americans, the radical spark was never fully extinguished. Its spirit fanned back into flame with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and its ramifications remain palpable to this day.

Bucking Hollywood

Author : Susan Robertson
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644248010

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Bucking Hollywood by Susan Robertson Pdf

A unique and gifted actor once bucked the system in Hollywood. This is the life story of movie and TV actor Dale Robertson, told by the person who knew him best: his wife, Susan. Susan says she is not a professional writer but wanted to write this book totally herself with her own thoughts, ideas, time frame, and no ghost writer. She laughs when someone says, "Well, you are a writer now." As she states in the book, Dale would joke when someone would approach him to do his autobiography. He'd say, "Not now." It was because he did not know how it ended. Also he would remind them of all the thousands of interviews he had done over the years and to "let the younger actors do these interviews now." Because the autobiography had not been done, Susan wanted to do it to help in some way to preserve his legacy. Susan now resides in San Diego, California, to be closer to family and hopes folks will enjoy the book. She knows her husband better and that he did not compromise himself in the film industry and in life.

Art Deco Tulsa

Author : Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis, Photography by Sam Joyner, Foreword by
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781625859891

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Art Deco Tulsa by Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis, Photography by Sam Joyner, Foreword by Pdf

"Transformed from a cattle depot into the Oil Capital of the World, Tulsa emerged as an iconic Jazz Age metropolis. The Magic City attracted some of the nation's most talented architects, including Bruce Goff, Francis Barry Byrne, Frank Lloyd Wright, Joseph R. Koberling Jr., Leon B. Senter and Frederick Kershner. Like their brazen oil baron clients, they were not afraid to take chances, and the city still reflects the splendor of that fabulous era. Writer Suzanne Wallis and photographer Sam Joyner celebrate the city's enduring Art Deco legacy and its daring revival" -- Page 4 of cover.

Seven Come Eleven

Author : Charles Deemer
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781893652644

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Seven Come Eleven by Charles Deemer Pdf

In this collection of his stories and plays, Charles Deemer writes of characters typically struggling with changing values in an uncertain world: Todd in The Half-Life Conspiracy, a playwright who comes to the premiere of his one-act play only to discover that it is being directed by his ex-wife, who left him for another woman (the very subject of his bitter one-act play). Thomas in Famililly, who braces to tell his traditional, dying father that he will be raising his son not with his wife but with his male soul mate. Lester in The Man Who Shot Elvis, who many years after the fact is still dealing with a sense of loss from when black rhythm-n-blues turned into white rock-n-roll. Included is this anthology: Famillily which won the 1997 Crossing Borders international new play competition; The Idaho Jacket which was selected as a Roll of Honor story in Best American Short Stories 1974; and Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, an ACE award winner for its presentation on public television and called "an Oregon classic" by Northwest Magazine. Praise for the writing of Charles Deemer: "One of Oregon's most precious natural resources." —Jonathan Nicholas, The Oregonian "Oregon's most important playwright." —Paul Pinterich, Northwest "[Deemer] asks questions about the nature of people's lives, their relationships and their values when something out there forces change." —Kathleen L. Reyes, Stepping Out Northwest

Woody Guthrie

Author : Joe Klein
Publisher : Delta
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385333856

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Woody Guthrie by Joe Klein Pdf

A biography of the influential American folk singer, Woody Guthrie, who lived a life on the edge of tragedy but inspired a generation of songwriters, including Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Few artists have captured the American experience of their time as wholly as folk legend Woody Guthrie. Singer, songwriter, and political activist, Guthrie drew a lifetime of inspiration from his roots on the Oklahoma frontier in the years before the Great Depression. His music—scathingly funny songs and poignant folk ballads—made heard the unsung life of field hands, migrant workers, and union organizers, and showed it worthy of tribute. Though his career was tragically cut short by the onset of a degenerative disease that ravaged his mind and body, the legacy of his life and music had already made him an American cultural icon, and has resounded with every generation of musician and music lover since. In this definitive biography, Joe Klein, nationally renowned journalist and author of the bestselling novel Primary Colors, creates an unforgettable portrait of a man as gifted, restless, and complicated as the American landscape he came from. Praise for Woody Guthrie: A Life “One of the finest treatments of an American 20th-century performer ever written . . . Not merely a biography . . . it is a social history . . . written knowledgeably, in a brilliant style.”—San Francisco Examiner “A really great book.”—Bruce Springsteen

Riding for the Brand

Author : Jim Whitt
Publisher : Lariat Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780977000401

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Riding for the Brand is a western that's set in the future. It's a short novel about leadership, human motivation and change. The story revolves around two men: Bob Fooshee, a freelance writer, and Burns Marcus, a rancher who builds a business empire. The year is 2030, and Fooshee is dispatched by a magazine to write about Marcus, whose ranch was near bankruptcy 25 years earlier. It was then that Marcus, searching for answers, attended the cattlemen's convention in San Antonio and heard a speaker who provoked him to radically change the way he approached his business. This was the catalyst that led Marcus to start Diamond Enterprises, which becomes the model organization of the 21st century. While interviewing Burns at his ranch in Oklahoma, Bob rides pasture, ropes a few steers and discovers the key to Burns Marcus' success - the power of purposeful leadership.

Indigenous Activism

Author : Cliff Trafzer,Donna L. Akers,Amanda Wixon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793645418

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Indigenous Activism by Cliff Trafzer,Donna L. Akers,Amanda Wixon Pdf

Indigenous Activism profiles eighteen American Indian women of the twentieth century who distinguished themselves through their political activism. Authors analyze the colorful careers of selected Indigenous women of North America during the last century, including Ramona Bennet, Mary Crow Dog, Ada Deer, LaDonna Harris, Wilma Mankiller, Alyce Spotted Bear, Irene Toledo, Marie Potts, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, Harriette Shelton Dover, Lucy Covington, Dolly Smith Cusker Akers, Leslie Marmon Silko, Bea Medicine, and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn.

Oklahoma

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : Digitature
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780615626598

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Oklahoma by Michael Wallis Pdf

To be sure, Oklahoma is a land of contrasts. Within the state one can find red necks and blue bloods, pickups and polo ponies, beer joints and country clubs, fiery preachers and pagans, rodeo and ballet. Oklahoma is the nation's great mixing bowl. Yet all too often even native-born Oklahomans lose their sense of place and the land misplaces its sense of rhythm. Without rhythm, there can be no balance. In Oklahoma: A Sense of Place, best-selling author Michael Wallis reminds us that it is important to know all of our history - good, bad, and ugly. In his compelling story of early adventurers, wisdom seekers, outlaws, and risk takers are lessons for everyone, whether they reside in Oklahoma or not. For, in the end, all readers must finally ask if they have their own sense of place.

A Wave of the Baton

Author : Doreen A. Betts
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781613792520

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A Wave of the Baton by Doreen A. Betts Pdf

Joy, hope, laughter, music and unimaginable grief are shared in the pages of this book. The writer shares her life story in a transparent and poignant journey through many twists and turns as she finds the strength to do what needs to be done in any given situation. This remarkable woman has been gifted with incredible talent that bubbles from within and cannot be suppressed. You will be amazed as you read how God directs her path in a deep and inspirational journey that will strengthen your faith, or perhaps help you return to your faith. This book will give you hope during deep times of despair, make you laugh at the methods God uses to get her attention and marvel at how He keeps that attention by repeatedly waking her up at night with the plans He has for her. Confirming the scripture, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

Historic Photos of Oklahoma

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781618584175

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Historic Photos of Oklahoma by Anonim Pdf

Oklahoma has an excellent photographic record, largely because the twin territories developed along the same general timeline as modern photography itself. Historic Photos of Oklahoma is not an illustrated history of Oklahoma, nor is it an attempt at a visual chronology of the state. Rather, the photographs included here tell the story of this diverse group of people called Oklahomans as witnessed in their faces, the homes they cherished, and the streets they traveled. Just as viewing a succession of school photos reveals the periods of beauty and awkwardness, innocence and maturity, and hardship and joy in a child’s life, the reader of this book will see the tragedy of Indian removal, the exuberance of land runs, the shame of segregation, the anguish of the Depression, and the optimism for the future in Oklahoma. In between are glimpses of how we used to live, work, and play in the forty-sixth state of the Union.