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Prosperity far distant : the journal of an Ohio farmer, 1933-1934 / by Charles M. Wiltse ; edited by Michael J. Birkner ; with a foreword by Gene Logsdon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiltse, Charles M. (Charles Maurice), 1907-1990.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Editors--20th century--Biography.
- Editors.
- Farmers--Ohio--20th century--Biography.
- Farmers.
- Wiltse, Charles M. (Charles Maurice), 1907-1990.
- Wiltse, Charles M.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Pres, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fresh from receiving a doctorate from Cornell University in 1933, but unable to find work, Charles M. Wiltse joined his parents on the small farm they had recently purchased in southern Ohio. There, the Wiltses scratched out a living selling eggs, corn, and other farm goods at prices that were barely enough to keep the farm intact. In wry and often affecting prose, Wiltse recorded a year in the life of this quintessentially American place during the Great Depression. He describes the family's daily routine, occasional light moments, and their ongoing frustrations, small and large-from a neig
- Contents:
- Foreword; A Note on the Source; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Journal of an Ohio Farmer, 1933-1934; Afterword; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821444092
- 0821444093
- OCLC:
- 889675443
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