Isbn: 9780700618439 - time's shadow: remembering a family farm in kansas (16 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. Arnold Bauer grew up on his family?s 160-acre farm in Goshen Township in Clay County, Kansas, amidst a land of prairie grass and rich creek-bottom soil. His meditative and moving account of those years depicts a century-long narrative of struggle, survival, and demise. A coming-of-age memoir set in the 1930s to ?50s, it blends local history with personal reflection to paint a realistic picture of farm life and families from a now-lost world.Bauer?s was typical of true family farms, where wives supplemented family income by selling butter and eggs and children provided unpaid labour. These hardworking farmers were not particularly heroic or virtuous. They had their debts and doubts; but at the same time their struggles for a kind of moral economy offer valuable lessons that merit our attention today.Among Bauer?s vivid recollections: driving a team of huge, clomping work horses; his father?s daybreak call to long days in the field at age 12; and surviving eight years of education in a one-room schoolhouse (with one teacher determined to have all her students learn the harmonica). He shares the trials of Depression and drought, experiences the coming of electricity?which prompted his father to take on a sideline as an electrician?and reveals the vital importance of the local blacksmith. Throughout the book, he finds wonder in the commonplace, like going to town on a Saturday night for a black walnut ice cream cone.Here is a childhood that few in the United States will ever know. More than that, it is a key to understanding the tragedy that befell the smaller family farms on the Great Plains as sweeping changes after the mid-1950s?falling grain and livestock prices, adverse terms of trade for agricultural products?turned out to be more devastating than tornados or dust storms.Gracefully written with a keen eye for the telling detail, Time?s Shadow eloquently captures the events of an era and the meaning it held for one boy and those around him. It is a refreshingly unsentimental ?Little House on the Prairie? that will resonate not only with older compatriots but with anyone whose curiosity leads them to wonder about a world we have lost.…

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Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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Hardback. Condición: Good. Arnold Bauer grew up on his family?s 160-acre farm in Goshen Township in Clay County, Kansas, amidst a land of prairie grass and rich creek-bottom soil. His meditative and moving account of those years depicts a century-long narrative of struggle, survival, and demise. A coming-of-age memoir set in the 1930s to ?50s, it blends local history with personal reflection to paint a realistic picture of farm life and families from a now-lost world.Bauer?s was typical of true family farms, where wives supplemented family income by selling butter and eggs and children provided unpaid labour. These hardworking farmers were not particularly heroic or virtuous. They had their debts and doubts; but at the same time their struggles for a kind of moral economy offer valuable lessons that merit our attention today.Among Bauer?s vivid recollections: driving a team of huge, clomping work horses; his father?s daybreak call to long days in the field at age 12; and surviving eight years of education in a one-room schoolhouse (with one teacher determined to have all her students learn the harmonica). He shares the trials of Depression and drought, experiences the coming of electricity?which prompted his father to take on a sideline as an electrician?and reveals the vital importance of the local blacksmith. Throughout the book, he finds wonder in the commonplace, like going to town on a Saturday night for a black walnut ice cream cone.Here is a childhood that few in the United States will ever know. More than that, it is a key to understanding the tragedy that befell the smaller family farms on the Great Plains as sweeping changes after the mid-1950s?falling grain and livestock prices, adverse terms of trade for agricultural products?turned out to be more devastating than tornados or dust storms.Gracefully written with a keen eye for the telling detail, Time?s Shadow eloquently captures the events of an era and the meaning it held for one boy and those around him. It is a refreshingly unsentimental ?Little House on the Prairie? that will resonate not only with older compatriots but with anyone whose curiosity leads them to wonder about a world we have lost.…

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. UsedVeryGood; Hardcover - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. - Signed by the author with a personalized inscription on the title page. Little to no wear, the binding is tight and the pages are free of markings.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition / First Printing. 156 pages. Dust jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 176 page hardcover with some photo illustrations.The author's remembrance of growing up on his families farm in Kansas. Bibliography at rear. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1St Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the author with brief inscription. Fresh newlooking copy in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).

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