Format:
Book
Author:
Dyck, Mary Knackstedt.
Title:
Waiting on the bounty : the Dust Bowl diary of Mary Knackstedt Dyck / edited by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg.
Publisher, Date:
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1999.
Description:
xiv, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
Dyck, Mary Knackstedt -- Diaries.
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.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Hamilton County (Kan.) -- Biography.
Other Author:
Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-357) and index.
Contents:
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.
LCCN:
99029217
ISBN:
0877456941 (acid-free paper)
9780877456940 (acid-free paper)
Other Number:
41315434
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
1675650
Call Number:
978.1 D
Course Reserves:
0
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