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John Milton Oskison
, 1874-1947
John Milton Oskison was born near Tahlequah, Indian Territory where he worked on his father's cattle ranch. Oskison was a member of the first graduating class from Willie Halsell College in 1894. He then entered Stanford University where he received his B.A. in1898 and spent one year at Harvard doing his graduate work in English. Oskison was editor and editorial writer for the New York Evening Post and associate editor and finance editor for Collier's Weekly. He was a World War I veteran.
Awards and Honors
Writing contest sponsored by Century Magazine
Online resources by or about John Milton Oskison:
The Biologist's Quest
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison.
July 1901 Size: 30 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskBiol&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
Diverse Tongues: A Sketch
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison
1910 Size: 9 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskDive&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
Friends of the Indian
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison.
1905 Size: 16 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskFrie&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
Only the Master Shall Praise
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison.
1900 Size: 30 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskMast&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
The Problem of Old Harjo
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison.
April 1907 . Illustrations. Size: 25 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskProb&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
'The Quality of Mercy': A Story of the Indian Territory
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison
1904 Size: 20 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskQual&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
Remaining Causes of Indian Discontent
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison.
March 1, 1907 Size: 23 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskCaus&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
When the Grass Grew Long
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison
1901 . Illustrations. Size: 15 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskGras&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
Young Henry and the Old Man
Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Archive
Type: etext
Description: Full text of the article by John Milton Oskison
June 1908 Size: 20 KB
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OskHenr&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed
Books by John Milton Oskison:
Oskison, John Milton. Autobiography
University of Oklahoma Library, Norman, OK : 1947.
Genre: Autobiography
Description: Unpublished manuscript.
Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma Library, Norman, OK
Audience: Adult
Oskison, John Milton. Black Jack Davy
New York : Appleton, 1926.
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Oskison, John Milton. Brothers Three
New York : Macmillan, 1935.
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Oskison, John Milton. Lone Rider
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Oskison, John Milton. Tecumseh and his times: the story of a great Indian
New York : G.P. Putnam, 1938.
Genre: Fiction
Description: Subject: Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, 1768-1813
Audience: Adult
Oskison, John Milton. A Texas Titan: the Story of Sam Houston
New York : Doubleday, 1929.
Genre: Fiction
Description: Subject: Samuel Houston, 1793-1863
Audience: Adult
Oskison, John Milton. Vision Victorious
1931.
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Oskison, John Milton. Wild Harvest: A novel of transition days in Oklahoma
New York : Appleton, 1925.
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
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