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Little heathens : hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression / Mildred Armstrong Kalish.

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The story of a time, a place, and a way of life, this is a slice of Americana--set during the Great Depression--that shows readers, through the portrait of one high-spirited young girl, how the right stuff can make even a time of adversity seem like a good time

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ISBN: 0553804952
ISBN: 9780553804959
Physical Description: x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: Bantam trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 2007.

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Formatted Contents Note:: I Family -- 1 Foreground 11 -- 2 Great-Grandpa Jonathan 23 -- 3 Aunt Belle 30 -- 4 Thanksgiving 40 -- II Building Character -- 5 Oral Influences 51 -- 6 Literary Influences 63 -- 7 Religious Influences 69 -- 8 Thrift 82 -- 9 Medicine 92 -- 10 Chores 104 -- 11 Farm Food 117 -- 12 An Especially Pleasant Chore 144 -- 13 Water Windmill 148 -- 14 Milking and Other Nightly Chores 151 -- 15 Wash Day 156 -- 16 Outhouses 162 -- III Fall/Winter -- 17 Country School: Monroe Number 6 169 -- 18 Box Social 179 -- 19 Gathering Nuts 182 -- 20 Gathering Wood 191 -- 21 Winter Is Icumen In, Lhude Sing Goddamm! 196 -- 22 Town School: Garrison 204 -- IV Spring/Summer -- 23 Leisure Time 213 -- 24 Gardening 224 -- 25 Spring in Yankee Grove 233 -- 26 May Baskets 243 -- 27 Birds 246 -- 28 Animal Tales 250 -- 29 Raccoons and Other Critters 259 -- 30 Me 269.

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245	1	0.	‡aLittle heathens : ‡bhard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression / ‡cMildred Armstrong Kalish.
250		.	‡aBantam trade paperback edition.
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600	1	0.	‡aKalish, Mildred Armstrong ‡xChildhood and youth.
600	1	0.	‡aKalish, Mildred Armstrong ‡xFamily.
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650		0.	‡aFarm life ‡zIowa ‡zBenton County ‡xHistory ‡y20th century.
650		0.	‡aNew Deal, 1933-1939 ‡zIowa ‡zBenton County.
650		0.	‡aRural families ‡zIowa ‡zBenton County.
651		0.	‡aBenton County (Iowa) ‡vBiography.
651		0.	‡aBenton County (Iowa) ‡xRural conditions.
651		0.	‡aBenton County (Iowa) ‡xSocial life and customs ‡y20th century.
651		0.	‡aIowa ‡xSocial life and customs ‡y20th century.
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