When Horses Pulled the Plow: Life of a Wisconsin Farm Boy, 1910–1929: Wisconsin Land and Life
Autor Olaf F. Larson Cuvânt înainte de Jerry Appsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2011
In 1910, when Olaf F. Larson was born to tenant livestock and tobacco farmers in Rock County, Wisconsin, the original barn still stood on the property. It was filled with artifacts of an earlier time—an ox yoke, a grain cradle, a scythe used to cut hay by hand. But Larson came of age in a brave new world of modern inventions—tractors, trucks, combines, airplanes—that would change farming and rural life forever.
When Horses Pulled the Plow is Larson’s account of that rural life in the early twentieth century. He weaves invaluable historical details—including descriptions of farm equipment, crops, and livestock—with wry tales about his family, neighbors, and the one-room schoolhouse he attended, revealing the texture of everyday life in the rural Midwest almost a century ago. This memoir, written by Larson in his ninth decade, provides a wealth of details recalled from an earlier era and an illuminating read for anyone with their own memories of growing up on a farm.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299282042
ISBN-10: 029928204X
Pagini: 202
Ilustrații: 20 b-w photos
Dimensiuni: 140 x 184 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Wisconsin Land and Life
ISBN-10: 029928204X
Pagini: 202
Ilustrații: 20 b-w photos
Dimensiuni: 140 x 184 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Wisconsin Land and Life
Recenzii
“Though artifacts from this era remain, we will lose our ability to understand and interpret them unless we preserve these sorts of complementary narrative accounts. The experience of life on a family farm is becoming distant today, but has been remarkably preserved in Olaf Larson’s memory.”—Robert J. Gough, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, author of Farming the Cutover
“Larson’s memory is excellent, his description is detailed—and throughout the book his love of farming is constantly being expressed.”—Agri-View
Notă biografică
Olaf F. Larson was born and raised on a tobacco farm in Edgerton, Wisconsin, and now lives in Florida. He is professor emeritus of rural sociology at Cornell University and coauthor of Sociology in Government: The Galpin-Taylor Years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919–1953.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Jerry Apps
Preface
1. The Setting: Family, Farm, and Locality
2. The Farmstead and Farmhouse
3. Crops
4. Livestock
5. Equipment
6. Hired Men
7. Patterns of Work and Farm Life
8. Transportation and Communication
9. Country School and High School
10. Our Health and Medical Care
11. Playtime, Pets, and Projects
12. Other Memories of My Life on the Farm
Epilogue: Back to the Farm, 1943–1944
Works Cited
Foreword
Jerry Apps
Preface
1. The Setting: Family, Farm, and Locality
2. The Farmstead and Farmhouse
3. Crops
4. Livestock
5. Equipment
6. Hired Men
7. Patterns of Work and Farm Life
8. Transportation and Communication
9. Country School and High School
10. Our Health and Medical Care
11. Playtime, Pets, and Projects
12. Other Memories of My Life on the Farm
Epilogue: Back to the Farm, 1943–1944
Works Cited
Descriere
As he turns 100 years old, Olaf Larson looks back at his farm boyhood, weaving invaluable historical details of farming and rural life with wry tales about his family, neighbors, and one-room schoolhouse in the American Midwest.