The Oilman's Daughter
Jane Wilson Sheppard, "The Oilman's Daughter"
English | ISBN: 1946977209 | 2016 | 124 pages | EPUB | 987 KB
English | ISBN: 1946977209 | 2016 | 124 pages | EPUB | 987 KB
Jane Wilson Sheppard, was three years old in 1917 when her family moved to Oklahoma. Around seventy years later, she began writing anecdotes from her life. As I read stories of her childhood, I realized how much history she included–history that should be shared and preserved. She wrote about early oil fields and county fairs; Tulsa's landmarks, its race riot, and its riverside area; Oklahoma's 101 Ranch and Pawnee Bill; and her life inside a convent school.
Most of her memories revolve around her Tulsa neighborhood near the Arkansas River and her "interesting" family, as one neighbor euphemistically described it. She and her two younger nephews Billy and Jack had adventures ranging from poignant to hilarious. They were tended by black servants almost as though the family lived in the Deep South.
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