Oklahoma Books

This is a super cookbook with easy to read and follow instructions. Interesting notes about Oklahoma history and families. A must have for anyone with ties to OK!

Just the type of cookbook I like, since this is from my home state. Really like the book. Has downhome recipes that are fun to make and taste great.

The author did such a fantastic job describing the mountains, terrains, and the rivers, I felt as though I was there. There was also some comedy not only with the love-birds, but others which kept me laughing between tragidies as they ocurred. I have read about 25 books and they keep getting better. There is one co-author whom I did not care for. One of the books was "By The Horns". I don't remember The title of the other book. All in all, I think the books can't get any better, but I know that I will be on the edge of my chair as I read the next book.

After the civil war Texans did not have much to work with except 5000 plus long horns grazing free and wild in the breaks, a tight thorny hug bush. The cattle belong to those who are brave and tough enough to get them out and then drive them through Indian nations over mountains and across deserts. The California Trail is such an adventure. A great read.

Gold was found in Alaska, the rush to obtain it required a strong constitution and many dogs to do the work that horses usually did in the states. The environment bread harsh attitudes. Also in the testing of ones mettle one finds their true potential.

Buck (a dog that is half St Bernard and half Shepherd) goes through many lives, trials, and tribulations finally realizing his potential. On the way he learns many concepts from surprise, to deceit, and cunning; he also learns loyalty, devotion, and love. As he is growing he feels the call of the wild.

This book is well written. There is not a wasted word or thought and the story while building on its self has purpose and direction. The descriptions may be a tad graphic for the squeamish and a tad sentimental for the romantic. You see the world through Buck's eyes and understand it through his perspective until you also feel the call of the wild.

The Call of the Wild - Dog of the Yukon (1997)

If you just want a copy of _The Call of the Wild_, to give to a friend, say, this is the one to get.

The elegant Library of America edition of "London: Novels and Stories" has three complete novels _The Call of the Wild_, _White Fang_, _The Sea-Wolf_, and a very well chosen selection of stories. It's great. Viking's _The Portable Jack London_, is cheap and excellent; it's edited by Earle Labor, has _The Call of the Wild_, and an excellent selection of short stories, nonfiction, and letters. If you want copies of _The Call of the Wild_ to give to LOTS of friends, the Dover Thrift Edition is just a buck.

But if you want _just_ The Call of the Wild, this edition is nice enough to give as a gift, is clear and legible, and has just the right amount of pictures and annotations. Not a scholarly work, but every time you get to one of those places where you have a question--where was Dyea? What was the "Chinese lottery?" Could a dog really pull a thousand pound sled? there's Dyer with the answer.

If you're interested in Jack London, take a look at the alt.books.jack-london Internet discussion group--see "about me" for details.

As a Cherokee, I am glad that Duvall wrote this book. I hope more like it are going to come.

I am always looking for and reading American Indian history books and this is one of the best oral histories and collection of images that I have come across. Plus the price is affordable! One of my favorite aspects of this book is that you get to hear the voice of the Indians in regard to history from their perspective.

A well researched and beautifully written account of a time in history that usually finds its focus elsewhere. The devastating effects the Civil War had on our Native Nations is sadly overlooked in our study of American History. Ms. Confer does an outstanding job of bringing it to life for us in an interesting and readable work. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more from her.

The book is well written, and readable. The research is amazing ,scholarly and accurate. We don't offen see Native Americans portrayed that honestly, or thouroughly. Very different from the Hollywood
verison.

I found this book to be very interesting. I found references made to my 5th Great Grandfather Samuel Riley and his son Richard Riley. It was very interesting and fasinating reading history on your own ancestors and their ways of life. My cousin found this book fasinating after she read parts of mine, that she went and bought it for herself.

William McLoughlin (1922-1992) was for forty years a professor of history and religion at Brown, and this scholarly book is one of his best, carefully researched and written in a clear and logical style. Not only does McLoughlin treat the complex subject of how Cherokees and missionaries interacted, he also deals with how both dealt with the contemporary culture, especially the removal crisis that led to the "Trail of Tears." McLoughlin notes, for instance, that missionaries struggled with "rendering unto Caesar," especially when the identity of Caesar was in doubt.

McLoughlin delineates the strengths and weaknesses of the various denominational missionary efforts. The Congregationalist/Presbyterians overemphasized education and the formalities of religion to the detriment of evangelism. The Moravians were steady and apolitical, but their reliance on the lot and their determination to establish a farming community of converts retarded their work. The Methodists' emotionalism and protracted meetings attracted the Indians (who had counterparts in their own religion), but their anti-intellectualism, low standards for conversion, and "sheep stealing" were negative traits.

My only criticisms of this long book (with fairly small print) are that McLoughlin sometimes goes beyond evidence in trying to reconstruct the nature of the anti-missionary reaction among the Cherokees and that he asserts mundane reasons for decisions that the missionaries more likely made on spiritual grounds.

This is another invaluable source for the Chickasaw language. If you are serious about learning this language, this dictionary is a must have! I was so excited when this book came out. Up until this time, the only available source was the great work of Jessie and Vinnie May (James) Humes, Chickasaw Dictionary, published in 1973. I refer to both dictionaries in my study of the language. Both dictionaries compliment each other. Of course this analytical dictionary goes into greater detail with each word, offering how the word is used in a sentence, written both in English and in Chickasaw.

This excellent dictionary includes a pronunciation guide, grammatical overview, 12,000 Chickasaw-English entries, and an English-Chickasaw index. The tones of Chickasaw words are also represented, a welcome addition for anyone trying to learn to speak this intricate language.

First published in 1960, Neil R. Johnson's The Chickasaw Rancher, Revised Edtion, tells the story of Montford T. Johnson and the mixed and intermarried Chickasaw settlements of Oklahoma (and Indian Territories). Abandoned by his father after his mother's death and then left on his own following his grandmother's passing in 1858, Johnson had control of a piece of land in the northern part of the Chickasaw Nation (and some in the Oklahoma Territory that was often occupied by the Boomers) in what is now Oklahoma.
The Chickasaw Rancher follows Montford's family and friends for the next fifty years. Neil R. Johnson (Montford's grandson) describes the work, the ranch parties, cattle rustling, gun fights, tornadoes, (the unexpected return of Montford's father after a thirty-three year absence, trips to Florida and New York City), encroachment of white settlers, the run of 1889, the hard deaths of many along the way, and the rise, the fall, and the revival of the Chickasaw Nation. (The original edition ends with Montford's death in 1896. The revised edition covers the next generation's continued expansion of the family's business ventures ending with E. B. Johnson's death in 1935).
Including more than fifty previously unavailable photographs, illustrations, and maps, (and more than 20% new material) this revised edition of The Chickasaw Rancher, edited by C. Neil Kingsley-grandson of Neil R. Johnson-is the perfect addition to any reader's collection of the history of the American West. Cover illustration based on painting done by Oklahoma City artist, Greg Burns.

This book is a most unusual account of life on the range. It describes the life of Montford Johnson, a friend of Jesse Chisholm, from around the time of the Civil War until after the land runs in Oklahoma prior to 1900.
The unique value lies in the specifics of living on the range, the daily routine of the cattle drive, and the reality of cowboy life.
Taken largely from the journal of his son, it's a story that Hollywood could use.

I'm reading this book for the second time...something that I RARELY ever do with books. It is probably my favorite book of all time!

Does anyone know if this author has published any other books?

-Julie

Children of the Dust is the best book I have ever read. I am soooo disappointed that I cannot find the book anywhere. The book is so awesome. It's romantic,emotional, moving, sensational, and fascinating. Way to go Charlile Clancy, you are an awesome poet.

Good reading for impressinable youngsters. Issues dealing with integrity, clashing cultures and a man who chooses not to take the easy way out. Inspiring.

The Choctaw Code is one of my all time favorites and was an especially liked read aloud chapter book for my fifth grade students in Atoka, Oklahoma. Readers relate to the growing beautiful friendship between Jim and the boy and the values being taught by example of the Choctaw people's way of dealing with justice and life. The story paints a picture of unselfish communication between two people of two very different cultures. I am pleased that it is back in print.