"Justine Hildebrandt's manuscript was passed down from daughter to niece to daughter, written in longhand on 300 sheets of stationery. Her account of mid-nineteenth century farm life is unusual for its detail and personal insight. Most farm women of her time and social class had neither the writing skills nor the time to tell their stories. Her great-granddaughter found in these pages a treasured connection with an ancestor and with the quickly receding past. It is her hope that this document will be used by historians and school children to help us appreciate our American roots."--Back cover.
The story of Loyal Blood, a man on the run from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman.
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My ntonia is the story of Jim Burden, a young boy displaced to a Nebraska farm after the death of his parents, and the lasting, loving relationship he builds with ntonia Shimerda, a girl recently emigrated from Bohemia.
Readers who like the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder or Willa Cather will enjoy Farm Girl. It takes place on the Marker farm, located near Red Cloud, the locale of Willa Cather's Nebraska novels.
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Since we were in a rush to be here when the chickens came , David said , “ Load the calves into the van . ” I helped him with two before sweat dripped off me so bad I sat down in the front seat . I left the door open to let the air cool ...
But Karen , tough times or not , was the only heir . The farm had been her only prayer , however bleak , for a future solvency . Karen had known for a long time , before her father's death , the extent of the crisis , her parents had ...
He knows exactly how to clobber a stubborn bolt , loosen a rusty nut , hammer out a crooked cotter pin . He knows just what part of his equipment can be utilized to aid the repair , how to improvise ...
"These stories started in 1933 and give my impressions of our lives as they changed dramatically from suburban Auckland where my parents lived a busy but secure and close family life, to isolation in the backblocks of Helensville, making a ...
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