Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- How These Stories Were Discovered -- Farming Glossary -- Introduction -- PART 1: Coming of Age Before the Mid-1960s -- Introduction -- Cornelius Utz, Missouri -- Robert Peters, Wisconsin -- Henry Bauer, Minnesota -- Harry Beckner, Nebraska -- Jim Cross, Iowa -- Dennis Lindholm, Iowa -- James Heckman, Indiana -- John Beutel, Wisconsin -- Myron Turk, Wisconsin -- Norm Reed, Ohio -- Ronald Schoen, Minnesota -- PART 2: Coming of Age Between the Mid-1960s and Mid-1970s -- Introduction -- David Foster, Wisconsin -- Doug Edwards, Indiana -- Bill Troxell, Indiana -- Larry Ebmeier, Nebraska -- Martin Scherz, Nebraska -- Richard Kilmer, Wisconsin -- Heinz Koenig, Wisconsin -- Tom Rygh, Wisconsin -- Dale Hesterman, Ohio -- Frank Morse, Wisconsin -- Mark Vanderbeek, Nebraska -- Everett Cooper, Indiana -- John Berg, Minnesota -- PART 3: Coming of Age Between the Mid-1970s and Mid-1980s -- Introduction -- David Campbell, Ohio -- Jahred Boyd, Minnesota -- Steve Gay, Wisconsin -- Rick Noss, Iowa -- Richard Hopkins, Indiana -- Lon Mickelsen, Minnesota -- Steven Preston, Wisconsin -- Connie Sanders, Illinois -- Randy Fleer, Nebraska -- Ken Yliniemi, Minnesota -- Clark Williams, Wisconsin -- Joe Shulka, |