cantle (pg. 249) -- The raised rear part of a saddle.
towhead (pg. 318) -- A sandbar or low-lying alluvial island in a river, especially one with a stand of trees.
Not a tidy heart shot, but that straw bale sure wasn't getting away. (pg. 197)
bowlder (pg. 210) -- Alternative spelling of 'boulder'.
ulster (pg. 215) --a man's heavy double-breasted overcoat with a belt or half-belt at the back, so-called because it was first produced in Northern Ireland.
Sapristi! (pg. 219) -- Good Heavens!
"I love that Heart of Darkness. Steinbeck's a genius," Frank said.
"Joseph Conrad," my mother said. "Heart of Darkness is by Joseph Conrad."
"I'm sure it's Steinbeck," Frank said. "I remember it from high school."
"She's a librarian," Harold said. -- Pg. 287