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1936: Honey in the Horn, by H. L. Davis

jwrosenzweig wrote 3 weeks ago: Literary Style: Well, I survived this book, although by the end it was out of determination more tha … more →

Tags: Book Review, Plot, Honey in the Horn (1936), Oregon, Storytelling

"He couldn't recall a single night that hadn't been hard to get through, either because nothing happened or because too much did."

jwrosenzweig wrote 1 month ago: H. L. Davis’s novel is getting frustrating, not because it is terrible, but because he nearly … more →

Tags: Reflection on Reading, Romance, Honey in the Horn (1936), Mark Twain, picaresque novel

"He would have to learn to be meek."

jwrosenzweig wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been waiting to give an update on my current Pulitzer novel, Honey in the Horn, until the … more →

Tags: Reflection on Reading, racism, Plot, Honey in the Horn (1936), Storytelling, p. g. wodehouse

"There was a run-down old tollbridge station in the Shoestring Valley of Southern Oregon where Uncle Preston Shiveley had lived for fifty years..."3 comments

jwrosenzweig wrote 1 month ago: “…outlasting a wife, two sons, several plagues of grasshoppers, wheat-rust and caterpill … more →

Tags: Reflection on Reading, character, Honey in the Horn (1936), Oregon, Pioneers

Reading the NW

poetrydork wrote 7 months ago: Recently finished Brian Doyle‘s lovely fiction debut Mink River, magical realism of the sort y … more →

Tags: I Like, Reading, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Brian Doyle, betty macdonald, Ken Kesey, Earl Emerson, Mysteries

Honey in the Horn: A Chat1 comment

Diablevert wrote 1 year ago: Diablevert: I just finished the book. Dreadful: I finished it yesterday (praise the Lord… I wa … more →

Tags: HONEY IN THE HORN, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, racism, Oregon, nihlism, amorality, murder, Lynching

Honey in the Horn: Summary

Diablevert wrote 1 year ago: Set in early 1900s Oregon, the last gasp of the American frontier, Honey in the Horn is the story of … more →

Tags: HONEY IN THE HORN, Oregon, Frontier, horse trader

Honey in the Horn: Ornery about does it.

Diablevert wrote 1 year ago: I’m about halfway through Honey in the Horn — more posts to come to catch us up on Now i … more →

Tags: HONEY IN THE HORN, Oregon, Pioneers, autodidact


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