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Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm
Mil Penner
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Description for Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm
Hardcover. Mil Penner was brought up on a Mennonite family farm in Section 27 in McPherson County, Kansas. In this collection of vignettes, he traces the influence of pioneer roots on the present generation as he chronicles the transformation of the land from untouched prairie to productive farm. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HRCZ; KNAC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Smack in the middle of Kansas, Section 27 in McPherson County has been occupied by the Penner family since 1874. Although few of the area's residents have direct ties to the past, Mil Penner still farms the land that his family has worked for over 125 years. His account of daily life on a Mennonite family farm near Inman. Kansas, retells a universal story of the American heartland sharpened by personal accounts of one family's enduring relationship to the land. In this collection of brief, evocative vignettes, Penner traces the influence of pioneer roots on the present generation as he ... Read more
Smack in the middle of Kansas, Section 27 in McPherson County has been occupied by the Penner family since 1874. Although few of the area's residents have direct ties to the past, Mil Penner still farms the land that his family has worked for over 125 years. His account of daily life on a Mennonite family farm near Inman. Kansas, retells a universal story of the American heartland sharpened by personal accounts of one family's enduring relationship to the land. In this collection of brief, evocative vignettes, Penner traces the influence of pioneer roots on the present generation as he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611966
SKU
V9780700611966
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Ref
99-30
Reviews for Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm
An extremely interesting and valuable memoir of Life on a family farm and how that life changed over the course of a century and a quarter. In Section 27, Penner has created a universe in miniature in prose as fresh as the grass itself.... reminiscent of John Ise's classic Sod and Stubble. Jim Hoy, Director, Center For Great Plains Studies ... Read more