Waiting on the bounty : the Dust Bowl diary of Mary Knackstedt Dyck /

"Though she had only a fifth-grade education, Mary Knackstedt Dyck faithfully kept a diary. Written with pencil on lined notebook paper, her daily notations tell the story of farm life on the far western border of Kansas during the grim Dust Bowl years. Manuscript diaries from this era and regi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dyck, Mary Knackstedt
Otros Autores: Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Dyck, Mary Knackstedt > Diaries.
Dyck, Mary Knackstedt.
1900-1999
Women farmers > Kansas > Hamilton County > Diaries.
Farmers > Kansas > Hamilton County > Diaries.
German American women > Kansas > Hamilton County > Diaries.
Dust storms > Kansas > Hamilton County > History > 20th century.
Droughts > Kansas > Hamilton County > History > 20th century.
Farm life > Kansas > Hamilton County > History > 20th century.
United States Local History.
Regions & Countries > Americas.
History & Archaeology.
HISTORY > State & Local.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Droughts.
Dust storms.
Farm life.
Farmers.
German American women.
Women farmers.
Droogte.
Landbouw.
Dagelijks leven.
Hamilton County (Kan.) > Biography.
Kansas > Hamilton County.
Kansas.
Autobiographies
Biographies.
Diaries.
History.
Dagboeken (vorm)
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A woman and her world
  • Work, family, and "playing hookie": 1936
  • Blowing dust and departures: 1937
  • A little snow, a little rain, and hope: 1938
  • Dust and hope deferred: 1939
  • Blizzards, rain, and bounty: 1940
  • The end of an era: 1941.

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