Growing up with the town [[electronic resource] ] : family & community on the Great Plains / / Dorothy Hubbard Schwieder

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820809903321
• Autore: Schwieder Dorothy <1933-2014.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-58729-415-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 pages)
• Disciplina: 978.3/58; 978.35
• Soggetti: Great Plains History; Great Plains History 20th century; Great Plains Social life and customs 20th century; Presho (S.D.) Biography; Presho (S.D.) History 20th century; Presho (S.D.) Social life and customs 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: PART I. The Early rears -- I. The First Generation, 7 -- 2. A Town Called Presho, 33 -- 3. Times of Trial, 53 -- PART I I. A Personal Perspective -- 4. In My Father's House, 8i -- 5. The Wonderful World of Work, I03 -- 6. A Community on the Plains, II9 -- 7. The Business on Main Street, 145 -- 8. Coming of Age and Leaving Home, I6o -- Epilogue, I73 -- Notes, 177 -- Index, I9I.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this unusual blend of chronological and personal history, Dorothy Hubbard Schwieder combines scholarly sources with family memories to create a loving and informed history of Presho, South Dakota, and her family's life there from the time of settlement in 1905 to the mid 1950's.