Download or read book Nostalgia Memories of an Iowa Farm Boy written by Ronald Collins and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book You Thought Like a Man written by Daniel E. Sorenson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Iowa That Was written by Wayne Gustave Johnson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You can take the boy out of the farm, but you can't get the farm out of the boy." Wayne Gustave Johnson explores this proverb as he recounts memories of his early years on an Iowa farm rented by his immigrant Swedish parents. Nourished by these gentle parents, a little church, eight years of country school, and four older siblings, Johnson established the values that shaped his life. The labor-intensive farming of the 1930s grounded him in the dignity of labor and the sense of fulfillment which comes through cooperation with nature. A little church of fundamentalist leanings nurtured his love of choral music and gave him respect for the support provided by religious faith. While his eight years of country schooling would not quite classify as prep school experience, they did provide a basic grasp of the three Rs. Sex education--of sorts--is inevitable on an Iowa farm where the romancing of farm animals is open to view. The transfer of these observed activities to human experience was natural, but required some fine-tuning. At thirteen, the death of his father prompted the author to eventually pursue the big questions through the study of religion and philosophy.
Download or read book Memories of an Iowa Farm Boy written by Herbert Ellery Wilkinson and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sun Over Cerro Gordo Memories of an Iowa Farm Boy written by H. F. Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Memories written by Ron L Goodman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As you read the book you will be able to experience the adventures trough the eyes of a boy in the 1940's. There can be so much fun growing up in a Farm in Iowa, have you heard of the meanest cow in South West Iowa history. It will transport you to an era before the commodities of modern time and how a boy could use his imagination to have a fun life. This book promises to bring a smile and lots of laugh.
Download or read book Pure Nostalgia written by Carl Hamilton and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1988 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Iowa Farm Boy written by Edward C. Kramer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-06-05 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Kramer was born and raised on an Iowa farm during the last half of the 1930’s. He was the youngest of four brothers, so they had a profound effect, in so many ways, on his early life. He attended a rural, one-room, country school for the first eight years of his life. He describes, in detail, what a typical country school looked like, and how it functioned. Many younger people today have no idea what it was like to have only one teacher for their first eight grades. The idea of having all eight grades in a one-room school-house boggles their minds even further! Ed thoroughly enjoyed his farm experiences. He grew up in a difficult era of our country. He points out that the concept of the “good ole days” was not all true. Hardships and dangers abounded around every corner. Farming was a dangerous business. However, along with the dangers and hardships, there were so many fun and exciting times. Ed vividly describes threshing time on the farm. Many of the older generations will be able to relate to Ed’s stories. Ed loved the outdoors and nature. He learned to adapt to, and live with, the outdoors and nature. Ed understood the need for mankind to appreciate the importance of both in our lives and the impact they leave on all of us. This was very evident in his outdoor hobbies and experiences. What was it like to transition from country school to high school - going from a small school to a large school, and from a class size of four to one with thirty-two? What impact did sports have on Ed’s life? So many teachers! What an adjustment that he had to make! So many important decisions had to be made, and so little time. Life seemed to be moving fast now. Ed wanted to let his readers know what went through his mind, as he tried to cope with the many options available, in steering the future course for him. Should he listen to his brother’s advice? Should he follow in his brother’s footsteps? What process did he use to arrive at a decision? College was another phase of Ed‘s life. He had to decide what would be his major. What did he really want to do later in life? Again, so many more teachers, subjects and larger class size. It seemed like each phase of his life was on such a higher level. How did he feel having a brother as his professor? Did that help or hurt their relationship? He understands that each person has a different vision of what college would be like. He tries to point out some mistakes he made in college, so that others may avoid them. Ed was fortunate to have had summer employment that paid his way through many of his college years. He understood that the cost of attending college was much less during his era. However, for his family, the cost was high. His summer employment happened to be in the forest service. That gave him the opportunity to extend his horizons. It meant going out on his own to execute, or perform, what he had learned in his earlier years. Now he could put his good Iowa work ethic to good use. He learned that hard work, patience and perseverance paid off. He accepted new responsibilites and assumed a leadership role that he never experienced before. Decisions are a part of everyday life. One of Ed’s most important decisions was to enter the military service. He tries to point out to his readers what a man or woman has to go through in the military. There will be good and bad days, as there are in any part of life. He mentioned before, that each phase of his life meant reaching out further to a higher level. Each phase prepared him for the next level. Each phase was a steppingstone to greater things to come. Ed wants his readers to understand that, even though growing up today is a lot different than when he grew up, there still are many similarities. Developing a good work ethic is still paramount today. Religious faith was important to
Download or read book Reminiscings of an Iowa Farm Boy written by Paul J. Hanson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Years in the Life of an Iowa Farm Boy written by John O. Edgar and published by . This book was released on 1981* with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Little White Farm House in Iowa written by Carol Brands and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1 of the Precious Memories' series, entitled "Little White Farmhouse in Iowa", is the first of three books about the childhood of Katherine Kroontje (Vastenhout), a farm girl of Iowa and, later, Minnesota. Book 1 describes farm life in Iowa during the depression years of the 1930s, before such luxuries as indoor plumbing, electric lights, and telephones -- while beds were still made from corn husks, and clothes sewn from feed sacks. It begins with Katherine's birth exactly at midnight of June 3, 1930, during an horrific summer thunderstorm, and ends with the "Blizzard of the Century", the Armistice Day's Blizzard of 1940. (We've had people tell us they didn't believe everything in there until they checked it out for themselves!!) Book 2, "Little Yellow Farmhouse in Iowa", continues these Iowan farm childhood stories with Katherine's years in a second little farmhouse, colored yellow, with a focus on the World War II years and fascinating details of Uncle Bill Tilstra's involvement in the Japanese front of that war. It begins with the traumatic move to the second house and ends with the exciting move to a third house in Minnesota, one with electricity! Book 3, Strangers in Minnesota, about the last four years of Katherine's years at home, not only chronicles the loneliness of a move to another state, but becomes her romance, as well, while leading us into a third Amerian era, that of the Korean War.
Download or read book Iowa Farm Boy written by Edward C. Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Country Boy Reminisces written by Keith Wood and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man's memories of life on the farm in Southwest Iowa, and making his way in the world beyond the fields.
Download or read book Iowa Farm Boy written by Lynn M. Gourley and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growing Up Country written by Carol Bodensteiner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Growing Up Country: Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl, Carol Bodensteiner tells the stories of a happy childhood growing up on a family-owned dairy farm in the middle of America in the 1950s, a time when a family could make a good living on 180 acres.
Download or read book Batting Rocks Over the Barn written by Lawn Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawn Griffiths was a columnist, reporter and editor for 40 years in daily newspapers including 12 years with the Waterloo (Iowa) Courier where he was farm editor and Rural at Random columnist, which inspired this book. His last 28 years were with Arizona dailies. He earned a journalism degree from Iowa State University and master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He served in the Peace Corps and U.S. Army. Lawn earned 80 writing or community leadership awards. His blog is Lawn Cares: Someone Has to Say It (Tempelawn.wordpress. com). He edits manuscripts, is a community volunteer and lives in Tempe, Arizona.
Download or read book Ballad to an Iowa Farmer and Other Reflections written by Clark Mollenhoff and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
