Soliloquy of a farmer's wife : the diary of Annie Elliott Perrin, 17 December 1917-31 December 1918 / edited by Dale B.J. Randall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perrin, Annie Elliott, 1866-1938.

Contributor:

Randall, Dale B. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perrin, Annie Elliott, 1866-1938--Diaries.

Perrin, Annie Elliott.

Perrin, Annie Elliott, 1866-1938.

Farm life--Ohio--Geneva Region.

Farm life.

Farmers' spouses--Ohio--Geneva Region--Diaries.

Farmers' spouses.

Diaries.

Geneva Region (Ohio)--Social life and customs.

Geneva Region (Ohio).

Geneva Region (Ohio)--Biography.

Pine Castle (Orlando, Fla.)--Biography.

Pine Castle (Orlando, Fla.).

Ohio--Geneva Region.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xxix, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [1999]

Summary:

In Soliloquy of a Farmer's Wife, editor Dale B. J. Randall, the diarist's grandson and a long-time university professor, writes the story of his mother's mother, Annie Perrin of northern Ohio, as seen through her diary. Received as a gift as the family set out on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Florida, Annie's diary has entries for the last three weeks of 1917 and all of 1918. It tells much about Florida, but even more about the everyday work of farming, dealing with a difficult husband, sending a son off to war, and getting through the Spanish flu epidemic.

By researching and writing the story of a woman who, like many of the players in women's history, was far too busy to write it herself, Dale Randall has paid eloquent tribute to his own forebears and to those of many others. His book is a unique and illuminating record of daily life on a small farm in midwestern America.

Contents:

The Diary of Annie Elliott Perrin

1. "Our Trip to Florida" (17 December 1917-23 March 1918) 73

2. Early Spring to Early Summer (24 March-30 June 1918) 131

3. From Henry's Furlough to Harvest Time (1 July-30 September 1918) 201

4. From First Frost to Year's End (1 October-31 December 1918) 263

Postscript: Annie's Later Years 317

Appendix A A Letter from Annie to Her Sister-in-Law Pearl (1897) 333

Appendix B Four Letters from Henry B. Perrin to Lettie Perrin (1918) 337

Appendix D "Soliloquy of a Farmer's Wife" 354.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-365) and index.

ISBN:

0821412663

0821412671

OCLC:

40311525