The farm at Holstein Dip : an Iowa boyhood / Carroll Engelhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engelhardt, Carroll L.

Series:

Bur oak book.

A bur oak book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farm life--Iowa--Clayton County.

Farm life.

Country life--Iowa--Clayton County.

Country life.

Clayton County (Iowa)--History--20th century.

Clayton County (Iowa).

Clayton County (Iowa)--Social life and customs.

Clayton County (Iowa)--Biography.

Engelhardt, Carroll L--Childhood and youth.

Engelhardt, Carroll L.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Carroll Engelhardt's parents grew up in homes without electricity on farms without tractors and began farming in the same way. As a farm boy in northeastern Iowa, he thought that history happened only to important people in earlier times and more exotic places. After decades of teaching, he at last perceived that history happens to us all, and he began writing this book. Set within the thoughtfully presented contexts of the technological revolution in American agriculture, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the emerging culture of affluence, The Farm at Holstein Dip is bo

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Home; 2. Farm; 3. Town; 4. Church; 5. School; Conclusion; Family Trees; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60938-135-1

OCLC:

821725651