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Time's Shadow : Remembering a Family Farm in Kansas / Arnold J. Bauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bauer, Arnold J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clay County (Kan.)--Biography.
- Clay County (Kan.).
- Bauer, Arnold J.
- Bauer, Arnold J--Family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2012]
- Summary:
- Provides a vivid account of growing up on a 160-acre family farm in Goshen Township in Clay County, Kansas. A coming-of-age memoir set in the 1930s to '50s that blends local history with personal reflection to paint a realistic picture of farm life and families from a now-lost world.
- Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Beginning
- 2. Family
- 3. A Farm in Kansas
- 4. Houses
- 5. Anna Alexander
- 6. Small World
- 7. Electricity
- 8. The Seasons
- 9. Food and Drink
- 10. Diversions
- 11. Attitudes
- 12. Dying at Home
- 13. Misbehavior
- 14. Church
- 15. School
- 16. Depression and Drought
- 17. Having Company
- 18. War
- 19. Town and Country
- 20. Leaving Home
- 21. Swept Away
- 22. Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Kansas Notable Book, 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780700638185
- 0700638180
- OCLC:
- 1453871995
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