When Horses Pulled the Plow - Life of a Wisconsin Farm Boy, 19101929

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung An account of rural life in the early twentieth century. Olaf F. Larson weaves invaluable historical details - including descriptions of farm equipment, crops, and livestock - with wry tales about his family, neighbours, and the one-room schoolhouse he attended, revealing the texture of everyday life in the rural Midwest a century ago.

Product details

• Authors: Olaf Larson, Olaf F Larson, Olaf F. Larson, Olaf F./ Apps Larson
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780299282042
• ISBN: 978-0-299-28204-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Wisconsin Land and Life (Paper; Wisconsin Land and Life (Paper; Wisconsin Land and Life
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies