Nothing to do but stay : my pioneer mother / Carrie Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Carrie, author.

Contributor:

Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, former owner.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berg, Carrine Gafken, 1879-1962.

Berg, Sever K., 1881-1964.

Young, Carrie--Family.

Young, Carrie.

Norwegian Americans--North Dakota--Biography.

Norwegian Americans.

Norwegian Americans--North Dakota--Social life and customs.

North Dakota--Biography.

North Dakota.

North Dakota--Social life and customs.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Families.

Manners and customs.

Norwegian Americans--Social life and customs.

Local Subjects:

Berg, Carrine Gafken, 1879-1962.

Berg, Sever K., 1881-1964.

Genre:

Biographies

Biographies.

Physical Description:

164 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm

Other Title:

My pioneer mother

Place of Publication:

New York : Dell, 1993.

Summary:

In the early 1900's, twenty-five-year-old Carrine Gafkjen boarded a train from Minneapolis to claim a homestead for herself on the western North Dakota prairies. She lived alone in her claim shack, barred her door at night against the coyotes, existed on potatoes and salt, and walked five miles to the nearest creek to wash her clothes. A decade later she had, by her own ingenuity, doubled her landholdings and became a secure women of property. Then, at an age when most other women would have been declared spinsters, Carrine Gafkjen married Sever Berg and had six children. Nothing to Do but Stay tells the story of this uncommon woman with warmth and good humor. It gives testimony to the lasting spirit of our pioneer heritage and, in these uncertain times, to the staying power of family and tradition. This book will appeal to all those with an interest in the settlement of the West, the history of the Great Plains, women's studies, and the perseverance of the early-twentieth-century farmers.

Contents:

The education of a family

The seedling years

Prairie cook

The last turkey

Ole and Anna

A Fourth of July in North Dakota

The best of both worlds

Thanks for the last.

Notes:

"Laurel trade paperback."

Local Notes:

Schimmel 8259: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

ISBN:

9780385313650

0385313659

9780440505235

0440505232

061301474X : PBD

9780613014748 : PBD

OCLC:

28647278