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Harvesting faith : life on the changing prairie / Linda K. Hubalek.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hubalek, Linda K.
- Series:
- Hubalek, Linda K. Planting dreams series ; Bk. 3, 1886-1919.
- Planting dreams series ; Bk. 3, 1886-1919
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Charlotta, 1844-1919--Fiction.
- Johnson, Charlotta.
- Johnson, Charlotta, 1844-1919.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Swedish Americans--Fiction.
- Swedish Americans.
- Women pioneers--Fiction.
- Women pioneers.
- Immigrants--Fiction.
- Immigrants.
- Kansas--Fiction.
- Kansas.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 99 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lindsborg, Kan. : Butterfield Books, [1999]
- Summary:
- This is a mixture of fact and fiction of Charlotta Johnson's life of events that shaped this Swedish immigrant's family, join Charlotta as she reminisces about the important places and events in her past as she bids farewell to her mortal life on the Kansas prairie.
- Contents:
- Waiting to Start 1
- Surveying the Crop 13
- Stalling for Disasters 25
- Starting the Thresher 33
- Delaying for Sunshine 41
- Estimating the Bushels 47
- Praying for Yield 57
- Testing the Grain 65
- Harvesting the Crop 71
- Planting Dreams 75.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-90).
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- ISBN:
- 1886652139
- 9781886652132
- OCLC:
- 43037243
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