The haymakers : a chronicle of five farm families / Steven R. Hoffbeck.
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TextPublication details: St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2000.Description: 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0873513940 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0873513959 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780873513944 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780873513951 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Main Library | NonFiction | 633.2085 H698 | Available | 33111006444414 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Tells a story of the labour and heartbreak suffered by five families struggling to make the hay that fed their livestock, a story not just about grass, alfalfa, and clover, but also about sweat and tears, toil and loss. This is an epic -- the history of a man's struggle with nature as well as man's struggle against machines. It relates the story of farmers and their obligations to their families, to the animals they fed, and to the land they tended.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index.
"A hope and a future" -- A Yorker's sojourn in Minnesota -- Farming forever -- Tradition and change -- Blue silos on the prairie.