Prairie bachelor : the story of a Kansas homesteader & the populist movement / Lynda Beck Fenwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenwick, Lynda Beck, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Werner, Isaac Beckley, approximately 1844-1895--Diaries.

Werner, Isaac Beckley.

Farm life.

Farmers.

Populism.

History.

Pioneers.

Kansas--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Kansas.

Politics and government.

Pioneers--Kansas--Biography.

Populism--Kansas--History--19th century.

Populism--Kansas--Biography.

Farmers--Kansas--Stafford County--Biography.

Farm life--Kansas--Stafford County.

Stafford County (Kan.)--Biography.

Stafford County (Kan.).

Kansas--Stafford County.

Genre:

Biographies.

Diaries.

History.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Story of a Kansas homesteader and the populist movement

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]

Summary:

"This book uses the story of Isaac Beckley Werner, a homesteader in Stafford County, Kansas, to reveal how the Populist Movement involved and affected Kansas farmers. From 1884 until his death in 1895, Werner kept a diary whose content revolved around the advice of Henry Ward Beecher: recording events around him rather than focusing on himself. Owner of an extensive personal library, an attendee of Populist lectures who contributed columns to the County Capital and spoke at the county seat, and closely tied to his community, Werner's account provides a rare glimpse into rural life in late-nineteenth-century Kansas. In 2010, Fenwick found Werner's 480-page diary in the basement of the Lucile Hall Museum in St. John, Kansas. Rather than a simple transcription of the diary, this manuscript branches out from Werner's words to provide a more readable account of his life, and to elaborate upon the ties that bound his remote community to national trends in farming, politics, and westward migration, sometimes in unexpected ways. In a similar fashion, Isaac's premature death-which Fenwick attributes to his use of Paris Green, a popular powdered pesticide and pigment-resonates with the present-day concerns of Kansas farmers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 1884

ch. 2 1885

ch. 3 1886

ch. 4 1887

ch. 5 1888

ch. 6 1889

ch. 7 1890

ch. 8 1891

ch. 9 1892

ch. 10 1893

ch. 11 1894

ch. 12 1895.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700630271

0700630279

9780700630288

0700630287

OCLC:

1154423963