Growing up with the town : family & community on the Great Plains / Dorothy Hubbard Schwieder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwieder, Dorothy, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Plains--History.

Great Plains.

Great Plains--History--20th century.

Great Plains--Social life and customs--20th century.

Presho (S.D.)--Biography.

Presho (S.D.).

Presho (S.D.)--History--20th century.

Presho (S.D.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Schwieder, Dorothy, 1933---Childhood and youth.

Schwieder, Dorothy.

Hubbard family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this unusual blend of chronological and personal history, Dorothy Hubbard Schwieder combines scholarly sources with family memories to create a loving and informed history of Presho, South Dakota, and her family's life there from the time of settlement in 1905 to the mid 1950's.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART I. The Early rears

I. The First Generation, 7

2. A Town Called Presho, 33

3. Times of Trial, 53

PART I I. A Personal Perspective

4. In My Father's House, 8i

5. The Wonderful World of Work, I03

6. A Community on the Plains, II9

7. The Business on Main Street, 145

8. Coming of Age and Leaving Home, I6o

Epilogue, I73

Notes, 177

Index, I9I.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587294150

158729415X

OCLC:

56109557