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When Horses Pulled the Plow
Olaf F. Larson
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Description for When Horses Pulled the Plow
Paperback. An account of rural life in the early twentieth century. Olaf F. Larson weaves invaluable historical details - including descriptions of farm equipment, crops, and livestock - with wry tales about his family, neighbours, and the one-room schoolhouse he attended, revealing the texture of everyday life in the rural Midwest a century ago. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299282042
SKU
V9780299282042
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