Westhope : life as a former farm boy / Dean Hulse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulse, Dean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farm life--North Dakota--Westhope.

Farm life.

Westhope (N.D.)--Biography.

Westhope (N.D.).

Westhope (N.D.)--Social life and customs.

Hulse, Dean.

Hulse, Dean--Childhood and youth.

Hulse, Dean--Family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Growing up in Westhope, North Dakota, during the 1960's and 1970's, Dean Hulse was surrounded by a thriving agricultural community. Family farms were the backbone of the local economy, and the small businesses lining the town's main street provided the essentials of daily life. Since that time the small towns of the Great Northern Plains have witnessed severe economic decline as family farms have gradually been replaced by industrial agriculture. In Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy, Hulse recalls his idyllic childhood and adolescence in a small town that will look and feel familiar to many...

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Main Street; The Barn; Big Boy Flies Solo Early; Touches Down Eventually (He Hopes); Haunted; An Agrarian Gift; Avon Calling; It Takes an Appetite; A Witness on the Home Front; A Genetic Propensity for Populism; Rocks Taking Root; The Past Is Close Behind; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8166-6822-1

OCLC:

527799518