Critical Essay by Proteus
[It] is very long since I have read any book with such enjoyment as I found in the reading of Cimarron. Its pace, its colour, its panache, its gallant and defiant courage, i...
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In the following mixed review of Cimarron, Vestal suggests that while the novel is historically inaccurate, it is nonetheless true to the "spirit" of the region.
We have long since be...
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In the following favorable review of Cimarron, the critic explores the character of Yancy Cravat and applauds the portrayal of pioneer life in the Oklahoma territory.
The exuberance and gusto, the ...
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In the following review, the critic favorably assesses the characters and themes of Cimarron.
In 1889 Sabra Cravat, dressed in gray cheviot braided with elaborate curlycues, wearing a bonnet with a...
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Torrential rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin left at least six people dead in Oklahoma, and led to dozens of harrowing high-water rescues. One survivor on Monday described how she was p...
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Actress Mala Powers, who played Roxanne to Jose Ferrer's "Cyrano de Bergerac" and starred in other films of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 76.Powers died Monday of complications from leukem...
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Traditional Saab enthusiasts are likely unhappy with the way General Motors is treating their brand: There was that rebadged Subaru, that reworked Chevrolet SUV, and now comes the prospect that Saa...
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President Bush, who visited troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving after the U.S. invasion in 2003, called several servicemen and women Thursday to extend best wishes and say it was "the least I can do."Th...
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Losing her daughter, Anne, was hard. So when Mackey's daughter's Shih Tzu, Jasmine, fell ill hundreds of miles from home just months after Anne's death, Mackey panicked. She didn't know a veterinar...
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It was a spirited grand opening for the Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence West.No matter your religion or faith, the center's staffers hope you feel the tranquility inside, in the c...
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From afar, the ghostly warships recall a fierce phalanx ready for battle. A closer look, though, shows the rust and rot of ships unfit for duty or even dismantling, a quandary that is costing taxpa...
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Critical Essay by Proteus
Dramatic rescues in Oklahoma flooding
