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

Summary:

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

Record details

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

Content descriptions

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.
Subject:
Kalish, Mildred Armstrong > Childhood and youth.
Kalish, Mildred Armstrong > Family.
Depressions > 1929 > Iowa > Benton County.
Farm life > Iowa > Benton County > History > 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939 > Iowa > Benton County.
Rural families > Iowa > Benton County.
Benton County (Iowa) > Biography.
Benton County (Iowa) > Rural conditions.
Benton County (Iowa) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Iowa > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Genre:
Biographies.

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