This book was published eighty-four years ago and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. I encountered Davis for the first time(as far as I remember) in the short story book I just finished. It is all written with magnificent prose, but the end left me a little flat. He also is good at showing how people spoke, the ways men and women dealt with each other, as well as how some family units operated. I used to have this long speech I'd give about 'literature' and how much more concerned with quality of content I am than the topic of the content. Tough people had to face some grim times and many, many hard choices. His descriptions of people and places reminded me of Annie Proulx. Sometimes when it's really thick and written ages ago, I go in hesitantly. Typical 30's??? Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1936, it is badly dated. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The more I read the more I think that Cormac McCarthy is a Davis fan. Cowboys, Indians, hunting, cattle, hangings, outlawry, frontier justice, etc. And, of course, Davis's response carries implications for identifying the narrative line itself, for if the narrator is more important than Clay (the main character), then the narration of the story is inseparable from the narrative, and the plot -- concerning Clay, Luce (his love interest), and the settler's quest -- count less than the "line" he gives us.

Though Al Hirt may have played better on earlier recordings, Honey in the Horn is in many ways the trumpeter's definitive album. This is one of those books that could/should be re-read for even deeper enjoyment.I'll get this from the library tomorrow. Ships from and sold by AceBook. We stopped several times during our reading to comment on the vocabulary and phrases/expressions that that author used - some just plain tickled our fancy, others were many layered, more complex. I give this book 3 stars. In the final section of the story, Clay decides not to pursue Luce, but follows the wheat harvest, and eventually ends up as a hand on a scow on the This article is about the 1935 novel by Harold L. Davis. This was a fascinating book - the adjectives colorful, complex, brilliant, rich, humorous - pop to mind as i try to find a way to describe it, but I find description of the book elusive. It was captivating to read about the justice system in some far West territory or settlement and how sometimes there wasn't any justice and many things were misunderstood and events took place because of a series of accidents.

Yes, it's archaic. So this book was a needed tonic for me in terms of dispelling some elements of Western mythology from my imagination.

Indelible character portraits coupled with a great love for Oergon's natural beauty, plus a quiet sympathy for the Native American people. We stopped several times during our reading to comment on the vocabulary and phrases/expressions that that author used - some just plain tickled our fancy, others were many layered, more complex. The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand Paperback $14.79. There they meet with a group of settlers who are planning a trip to eastern Oregon where they can put down stakes. However, the tone suggests Davis had in mind the presence of someone other than an "authorial voice" or implied author as narrator. This book is a combination of tall tale, amusing story, history, and anti-love story. It is the story of those who were daring enough to go settle the NW. To create our lis...Honey in the Horn is a novel about life in the homesteading days of Oregon, 1906-1908. Which is really kind of amazing, as these books have a lot in common—they look at migrations of people and what led them there. The novel received the Harper Prize for best first novel of 1935 and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1936. Start by marking “Honey in the Horn” as Want to Read: Clay Calvert, an orphan, is forced to flee his job as a ranch hand on a sheep farm and he falls in with some homesteaders seeking the perfect location.

The opening kind of reminds me of "The Return of the Native" as the author describes the physical and then the cultural background of the story. For the 1963 Al Hirt album, see

The book is filled with colorful characters and some chuckle-inspiring moments. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. And this is exactly what the book is: a western. Lot's of rural Oregon 1900 colloqialisms as well. Raw account of rough life of Oregon homesteaders. Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1936, it is badly dated. Sometimes when it's really thick and written ages ago, I go in hesitantly. You have the sense of sitting around a campfire one autumn night during your trek out west and hearing about all that happened to young Clay Calvert. Shortly after, Luce falls ill and Clay goes for help. (wikipedia)This is a novel about homesteaders in Oregon around 1900 that I had heard about for years, but it was out of print and the copies that were available were expensive. Davis Paperback $34.18. Originally published in 1935, Honey in the Horn reveals as much about the prevailing attitudes and beliefs of H. L. Davis’ lifetime as it does about the earlier era in which it is set. In the opening section of the story, Clay Calvert is a hand on the sheep ranch of Preston Shiveley, his stepfather's father. The book is rich with detail and leaves the reader with a sense of what life was like "way back then." Lamb in His Bosom (Modern Southern Classics) by Caroline Miller Paperback $16.95. It is the only Oregon book that has won a Pulitzer prize and richly deserved it.

Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of It is about the coming of age of an orphan boy named Clay Calvert, but it is also the about the trials of the pioneers who came to Oregon following the American Dream.

Some of his depictions of various characters are savage, biting, brutal, and merciless. Davis was a delightful journey through an era and a geographical place that I will not easily forget.

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