LEADER 02754nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910827052303321 005 20230421033713.0 010 $a1-58729-167-3 035 $a(CKB)111004365706738 035 $a(EBL)836755 035 $a(OCoLC)44964424 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000639989 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12253464 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639989 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10605297 035 $a(PQKB)11122310 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC836755 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12526 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL836755 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579430 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365706738 100 $a19950727d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe prairie winnows out its own$b[electronic resource] $ethe West River Country of South Dakota in the years of depression and dust /$fPaula M. Nelson 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-930-4 311 $a0-87745-525-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Introduction: After the West Was Won; Chapter 1. Room at the Bottom; Chapter 2. The Cow, the Sow, and the Hen; Chapter 3. If a Woman Is a True Companion; Chapter 4. Not a Young Chicago; Chapter 5. The Social Costs of Space; Chapter 6. Seedtime and Harvest Shall Not Cease; Chapter 7. In the Last Days, Perilous Times Shall Come; Chapter 8. The Plainsman Cannot Assume; Chapter 9. Outside the Shelterbelt; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aBetween 1900 and 1915, in the last great land rush, over one hundred thousand homesteaders flooded into the west river country of South Dakota, a land noted for its aridity and unpredictable weather, its treelessness, and its endless sky. The settlers of "the last, best west" weathered their first crisis in the severe drought of 1910-1911, which winnowed out many of the speculators and faint of heart; they abandoned their founding hopes of quick success and substituted a new ethos of "next year country"-while this year was hard, next year would be better, an ironic phrase at once optim 606 $aAgriculture$zSouth Dakota$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aSouth Dakota$xHistory 607 $aSouth Dakota$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aAgriculture$xHistory 676 $a978.3/032 700 $aNelson$b Paula$f1951-$01664623 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827052303321 996 $aThe prairie winnows out its own$94022775 997 $aUNINA