Central standard [[electronic resource] ] : a time, a place, a family / / Patrick Irelan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450802703321
• Autore: Irelan Patrick <1943->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-58729-423-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Collana: A Bur Oak book
• Disciplina: 977/.033/0922; B
• Soggetti: Country life; Electronic books.; Middle West Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; THE CHECK; JERRY; WESTERN UNION; COUNTRY LIVING; THE CB&Q; THIRTEEN MEN; GREAT PLAINS; TRAMPS; SALEM; THE FARM; SCHOOL; BE FRUITFUL; AUSTA; THE LANDSCAPE; THELMA; HEROES; THE TANK; THE ROCK ISLAND; CENTRAL STANDARD; JANE; ANTIQUES; THE HOUSE; THE LAST TRAIN; GOING HOME; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: In Central Standard: A Time, a Place, a Family, Patrick Irelan vividly recaptures a remarkable era in midwestern history in twenty-four beautifully crafted and often witty essays. Beginning with his parents' marriage in 1932 and continuing into the present, Irelan relates the many wonderful stories and experiences of his Davis County, Iowa, family. In ""Country Living,"" he describes his parents' disheartening life as farmers during the worst years of the Depression. ""The CB&Qo then relates the happiest years of his family's life when his parents lived and worked in the Burlington Railroad de