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The Pride of Palomar
Peter B. Kyne
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"Well, kitten," she said, a trifle louder and shriller than one seemed to expect of her, "are you going to remain with us a little while, or will next week see you scampering away again?"
"I'll stay all summer, fuss-budget. I'm going to paint the San Gregorio while it's on exhibition, and then this old house and the garden. Oh, mother dear, I'm in love with it! It's wonderful!"
The potato baron had followed Parker and his daughter into the patio, and stood now, showing all of his teeth in an amiable smile. Parker suddenly remembered his guest.
"My dear," he addressed his wife, "I have brought a guest with me. This is Mr. Okada, of whom I wrote you."
Okada bowed low—as low as the rules of Japanese etiquette prescribe, which is to say that he bent himself almost double. At the same time, he lifted his hat. Then he bowed again twice, and, with a pleasing smile proffered his hand. Mrs. Parker took . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
This certainly made for an interesting read, even if some of the content might be offensive to a modern reader (there is an anti-Japanese sentiment as more Japanese were moving into California following WWI). This book follows Miguel (Don Mike), a young soldier who returns home to California from WW
Even the publisher's blurb is racist. Of course, racism is a constant companion when reading Kyne, whom I think of as the quintessential 1920 Republican author. His heroes are all strong young men of the white race (as if there were any such thing), sometimes, as here, broken down into sub-categorie
Talk about prejudice. I was unaware that the history in this novel even existed. Nonetheless, it was a good book; although, the plot didn't contain many surprises.