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Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine, Memoirs from the Silent Prairie by Emma L. Willey has been published by Publish America.
ISBN: 1413700535 Retail Price: $16.95
Copyright: 2003 Subject: Memoir
Binding:Soft Cover Language: English
Photograps: Yes Pages: 111
Publication Date: September 21, 2003
Return with Emma to her house on the prairie, the wind in her hair as she galloped to the pasture on her horse to round up milk cows.
The eleventh of twelve children, Emma was born in 1920 in the sod house her Papa built on the Homestead. She and her three sisters cuddled in one bed for warmth, milked cows, shucked corn, butchered beef, helped Mama cook for threshing crews, and hauled water to wash clothes.
Farm life was hard, but not without rewards. Papa and Mama guided with firm but loving hands, expecting everyone to do his or her part. But when the work was done, Emma and her sisters had fun without store bought toys, computers or televisions.
This personal history is part of the cultural history of a nation, showing how life in an earlier time shaped a generation.
Emma move beyond the prairie to Iowa, Georgia, Maine, Colorado and Oregon, but says, "the prairie has never left me." |
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