Waiting on the Bounty

Waiting on the Bounty
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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0877459320
ISBN-13 : 9780877459323
Rating : 4/5 (323 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Waiting on the Bounty by : Mary Knackstedt Dyck

Download or read book Waiting on the Bounty written by Mary Knackstedt Dyck and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable historical document, this diary describes a period before the telephone and indoor plumbing were commonplace in rural homes, a time when farm families in the Plains states were isolated from world events, and radio provided an enormously important link between farmsteads and the world at large. Waiting on the Bounty brings us unusual insights into the agricultural and rural history of the US, detailing the tremendous changes affecting farming families and small towns during the Great Depression.


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