| Description |
xii pages, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"A Bison book." |
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Reprint of the 1936 ed. |
| Summary |
An account of the lives of the author's parents. |
| Contents |
Preface -- The new homestead -- The neighbors -- The first months in the log cabin -- The mad wolf -- The bright-eyed baby -- Grasshoppers -- Two letters -- The great menace again -- The prairie smiles once more -- The new house and a trip back home -- Dangers of pioneering -- Henry signs a note -- The coming of the railroad -- A prairie fire -- The retreat of the defeated legion -- Unkind seasons -- Good years, and the new home -- Trouble for the little children -- A happy day, and an anxious night -- A sick baby -- More hard years and hard problems -- Henry buys a windmill and sells some cattle -- More drouth [drought] and anxiety -- Good crops and the new barn -- Trouble in school and church -- A dust storm -- The darkness before the dawn -- Better times -- The end of a brave fight -- Rosie and the children manage -- The sale, and the end of pioneering. |
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Illustrations: Breaking ground -- Chased by a buffalo -- Working in the corn -- The railroad comes to Downs -- Henry goes for wood -- Building the new house -- Henry -- Rosie. |
| Subject |
Ise, Rosa Christina Haag, 1856-
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Ise, Henry Christopher, 1841-1900.
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Ise, Henry Christopher, 1841-1900. (OCoLC)fst00368350
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Ise, Rosa Christina Haag, 1856- (OCoLC)fst00368351
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Osborne County.
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Frontier and pioneer life. (OCoLC)fst00935370
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Kansas -- Osborne County.
(OCoLC)fst01207821
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| Added Author |
Simon, Howard, 1903-1979, illustrator.
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