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HUDSON, LOIS PHILLIPS . THE BONES OF PLENTY.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company - Atlantic Monthly Press, 1962. First edition Cloth Near Fine in Very Good DJ
The author presents a moving account of a proud, independent wheat farming family in North Dakota, during the relentless depression years of the early thirties. Against of background of failing banks across the Nation, the price of wheat falling, inflation, unemployment, foreclosures on farm mortgages, wheat blight and other natural disasters a grim reality surrounds the Custer family. Hudson vividly tells of the struggle of man, land and nature and the cycle of farm life. George Custer, a powerful hot tempered man, has labored nine harsh years on land he has rented, along with his college educated farm wife, Rachel and their two daughters. The Shepards, beloved grandparents live on a beautiful hilltop farm nearby. A true sense of the family's survival dealing with hope, tragedy, and despair, during the events of farm life: wheat threshing, rustic sports of May Day, a hilarious disruption of the sheriff's forced sale of a neighbor's farm, sudden tragedy of a barn fire, a dust storm, snow on the prairie, and winter burial. An engrossing novel of historical fiction, of which the events are the true legacy of America's farming heritage.
Tan cloth, brown lettering and gilt decorations to spine. DW not price clipped, illustration of farmer and wheat field. Quarter inch closed tear to foot of spine, 1/8 of an inch to lower edge. Mild rubbing of extremities. Photograph of author to rear DW. Previous owners name and address to paste down. Clean, tightly bound. In protective mylar. 8 vo., 439 pp., First Edition, stated.
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10.00 USD
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