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Years of Struggle: The Farm Diary of Elmer G. Powers de H. Roger Grant

Years of Struggle: The Farm Diary of Elmer G. Powers

Editat de H. Roger Grant, L. Edward Purcell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 1995
Elmer G. Powers and his family managed to survive the Depression, in part because Quietdale Farm is located on rich land in Boone County, Iowa. The problems he confronted—collapsing markets, drought, and sometimes misdirected governmental efforts—were felt by countless others, many of whom lost their farms. First published in 1976 and now revised and reissued with a new introduction by Katherine Jellison, Years of Struggle documents one farmer's experiences during a period of national upheaval.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780875805696
ISBN-10: 0875805698
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Northern Illinois University Press
Colecția Northern Illinois University Press

Recenzii

"An extraordinary piece of Americana."—Gilbert C. Fite, Pacific Northwest Quarterly
"This diary of an ordinary farmer ... is the next best thing to personal experience in creating a 'feel' for the period."—Lauren Soth, Agricultural History
"The value of this book—and it is considerable—rests on its uniqueness."—Roy V. Scott, History

Notă biografică

H. Roger Grant, Professor of History at Clemson University, is author of 23 books, most of them on railroad history. His earlier company histories cover the Chicago & North Western, the Chicago Great Western, the Erie Lackawanna, and the Wabash railroads.

Cuprins

Table of Contents Introduction: Katherine Jellison / Introduction: H. Roger Grant and L. Edward Purcell
1 Day by Day on the Farm: 1931–1932
2 Coming of the New Deal: 1933–1934
3 Owner-Operator: 1935
4 Drifts, Debts, and Drought: 1936
Epilogue
Notes
Index

Descriere

Elmer G. Powers and his family managed to survive the Depression, in part because Quietdale Farm is located on rich land in Boone County, Iowa. The problems he confronted—collapsing markets, drought, and sometimes misdirected governmental efforts—were felt by countless others, many of whom lost their farms. First published in 1976 and now revised and reissued with a new introduction by Katherine Jellison, Years of Struggle documents one farmer's experiences during a period of national upheaval.