When Horses Pulled the Plow: Life of a Wisconsin Farm Boy, 1910–1929 (Wisconsin Land and Life)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (818 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 029928204X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gough, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, author of Farming the Cutover. The experience of life on a family farm is becoming distant today, but has been remarkably preserved in Olaf Larson’s memory.”—Robert J. “Though artifacts from this era remain, we will lose our ability to understand and interpret them unless we preserve these sorts of complementary narrative accounts
M. Pohlman said Enjoyable. Very interesting, well written story of farm life nearly 100 years ago. Informative as to farming and rural life.. Excellent story about life on the farm in Wisconsin. Olaf writes it as if it were yesterday. Loved the pictures included as well Julie Rygh Green Excellent story about life on the farm in Wisconsin. Olaf writes it as if it were yesterday. Loved the pictures included as well. If you enjoy history, this book is wonderful. I am from Wisconsin and there is truly a lot of history there about family farming.. years old---really lets the reader know what life was like on a farm before all the modern machines were This book was written by a relative when he was 98 years old---really lets the reader know what life was like on a farm before all the modern machines were used. I especially liked seeing pictures of relatives when they were young.
It was filled with artifacts of an earlier time—an ox yoke, a grain cradle, a scythe used to cut hay by hand. He weaves invaluable historical details—including descriptions of farm equipment, crops, and livestock—with wry tales about his family, neighbors, and the one-room schoolhouse he attended, revealing the texture of everyday life in the rural Midwest almost a century ago. But Larson came of age in a brave new world of modern inventions—tractors, trucks, combines, airplanes—that would change farming and rural life forever. &nbs