| When Horses Pulled the Plow: Life of a Wisconsin Farm Boy, 1910a 1929 Contributor(s): Larson, Olaf F. (Author), Apps, Jerry (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 029928204X ISBN-13: 9780299282042 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Business & Economics | Industries - Agribusiness - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010041463 |
| Series: Wisconsin Land and Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.56" W x 7.27" (0.46 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |