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Describes the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of Iowa. ... Read more

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Publisher: [Des MoinesPublication date: 1913Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Discusses the history, economy, culture, and future of Iowa. ... Read more

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A History of Iowa
I spent two years in Iowa, and I learned more from this little book, geared toward pre-teens, than I did when I was there. Maybe that says a lot about my powers of observation, but, in reality, is says a lot about the construction and writing of this book. "The Land Where the Tall Corn Grows" is given its full due here.

The "Portrait of America" series is a wonderful introduction for pre-teens to the 50 states and to the places and events that shaped the history of the United States. This "Iowa" installment is particularly good. The book is broken down into sections like "History", "Culture", "Economy" etc., and each section is thoughtfully written and edited. The "History" section is especially good and is very inclusive.

This book, as well as the entire "Portrait of America" series, will prove to be a valuable teaching tool to all primary school educators. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Introduces the geography, history, government, economy, industry, culture, historic sites, and famous people of this northeastern state. ... Read more

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Basic info
Great book for basic info and stats on Connecticut. Slightly outdated; 3rd edition will have more recent stats. ... Read more

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I tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct to share feelings and experiences, and partly for the sheer joy and excitement of it all, I report on my early life. It was quite a romp.

So begins Mildred Kalish’s story of growing up on her grandparents’ Iowa farm during the depths of the Great Depression. With her father banished from the household for mysterious transgressions, five-year-old Mildred and her family could easily have been overwhelmed by the challenge of simply trying to survive. This, however, is not a tale of suffering.

Kalish counts herself among the lucky of that era. She had caring grandparents who possessed—and valiantly tried to impose—all the pioneer virtues of their forebears, teachers who inspired and befriended her, and a barnyard full of animals ready to be tamed and loved. She and her siblings and their cousins from the farm across the way played as hard as they worked, running barefoot through the fields, as free and wild as they dared.

Filled with recipes and how-tos for everything from catching and skinning a rabbit to preparing homemade skin and hair beautifiers, apple cream pie, and the world’s best head cheese (start by scrubbing the head of the pig until it is pink and clean), Little Heathens portrays a world of hardship and hard work tempered by simple rewards. There was the unsurpassed flavor of tender new dandelion greens harvested as soon as the snow melted; the taste of crystal clear marble-sized balls of honey robbed from a bumblebee nest; the sweet smell from the body of a lamb sleeping on sun-warmed grass; and the magical quality of oat shocking under the light of a full harvest moon.

Little Heathens offers a loving but realistic portrait of a “hearty-handshake Methodist” family that gave its members a remarkable legacy of kinship, kindness, and remembered pleasures. Recounted in a luminous narrative filled with tenderness and humor, Kalish’s memoir of her childhood shows how the right stuff can make even the bleakest of times seem like “quite a romp.”


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Memoirs of a Depression Kid
How things have changed from yesterday to today.This is a delightful memoir filled with loads of humor.In fact, there are quite a few laughs to be gotten from reading this book, plus lots of human knowledge.There was plenty of hard work, both housework and farm chores that needed to be done.But there were many hands to get it accomplished.Even the youngest, the little kids, as the author calls them were made to help.So the family all worked together.

There were seven in Mildred's immediate family, Mildred's grandparents, her mother, two older brothers, Mildred herself, and her little sister.Her father was absent from the family and never heard from.Mildred never knew why.

The grandparents were strict and expected good behavior, good manners, and good conduct from their grandchildren. Strong character was needed and should be built from babyhood.Grandpa was land rich, he owned four farms, but money was scarce.During long cold Iowa winters only the living room and kitchen were heated to conserve heat.Mrs Kalich was brought up upon saving,recycling everything.recycle, recycle as everything was used and reused and reused again in her childhood home.That family was today modern as people of today are encouraaged to recycle, recycle, recycle.The kids were required to eat healthy and to eat everything on their plates.Waste not, want not was one of the mottos of the grandparents plus many other bon mots.Mildred, her mother and other siblings would move out to Grandpa's farm from September until Christmas and attend a one room school where her mother had once taught.Their mother pretty much allowed her kids to do whatever they wanted to, to have much more freedom.So Mildred and her brothers and sister were brought up in two opposite ways, too strict, too much freedom.

There was wonderful Great Aunt Belle who was as much a kid as her great nephews and nieces and was good at spoiling them, making up parties and games.She gave Mildred a good opinion of herself.She was as good and as pretty as any other little girl.Mildred, as too many little girls, felt she was not pretty.

There was plenty of food.Thanksgiving was well celebrated.Relatives came together and all brought their best dishes.Mrs Kalish writes about all the home grown food plus well fed animals.To this day she states she has never tasted food as good as the home cooking, home grown food of her childhood.There is a section in this book containing recipes for farm food.This family had an abundance of food.Books and magazines were welcome in this house and the kids were encouraged to read.The whole family, except Grandma, was readers.This is so, so, so different from many homes during the Great Depression.Too many people had little food and couldn't even afford newspapers.This house was well to do.However, there was very few homes with indoor plumbing in the small Iowa town Professor Kalich was from.Indoor plumbing was a luxury.Children were switched with a buggy whip.When they got in trouble in school they got worse when their parents heard of their misdeeds.Things are much different today.Mildred went to the small town school when she was staying in town.

Because of her country upbringing, Professor Kalich learned to know the names of trees, flowers, plants and to love all of them.She had many different animal pets, both domestic and wild.She learned to love the verdant country with its seasons to love nature and wild things.

Mrs Kalich has come far from her childhood roots but it has made her into the strong and independant woman she has become.

A Little Disappointing
I had this recommended to me and read many of the reviews before buying. But no where did I find anyone who mentioned the bad language. In fact, there's a whole chapter,listing the words that were said and by whom. Also, I guess I expected the book to be one about survival but the author's family was obviously well-to-do. My parents grew up on farms in big families during the Depression but their lifestyles were obviously much different. I didn't see any cornbread and buttermilk suppers. Also, much of their daily lives were built around the church, something the author has little use for.It's probably the area of the country they were raised in but I read this book, planning to pass it along to the four "girls" still living (2 in their 90s) but I'm afraid it's a little too "high spirited." It frankly sometimes read almost like it was being copied from a notebook and the author wanted to make certain she included everything that was expected in a book like this. A few times the book was entertaining but other times I was left wondering if some of these things really happened or they were just included to "spice" up the book. I sure would haveliked to have known the names of the "Big Kids" and "Little Kids", their anonymity leaving the reader wondering. I can't recommend this to my 91 year old mother or my 13 year old grandson because of the language and of the cavalier attitude toward churches, both something that some people take seriously.

Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm durning the Great Depression
I recommend Little Heathens completely.Mildred A. Kalish captures the experience of growing up during the depression on a farm so completely. Her book is an inspiration and so very highly recommended.Although I am somewhat younger than Mrs. Kalish,I grew up in similar circumstances on a Michigan farm & found it hard to put the book down. Enjoy.
Robert Jones

A book to own and keep
I read this book when it first came out, loaned by my library.A year later, I want to re-read it and knew it was a keeper, so I bought it through Amazon.Even if only
for the recipes, one should own this book, but I have now re-read it three times for memories and prose as rich as fresh cream from Millie's Iowa farm.Millie is
a great role model in another way:how old was she when she first published a book????Thank you, Millie.

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LITTLE HEATHENS gives the experience of a young girl growing up in Iowa during the Depression.Good portrayal. ... Read more

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Chapters: List of Carnegie Libraries in Iowa, List of Carnegie Libraries in California, List of Carnegie Libraries in Indiana, List of Carnegie Libraries in Ohio, List of Carnegie Libraries in Illinois, List of Carnegie Libraries in New York City, List of Carnegie Libraries in Minnesota, List of Carnegie Libraries in Wisconsin, List of Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska, List of Carnegie Libraries in Washington, List of Carnegie Libraries in Kansas, List of Carnegie Libraries in Michigan, List of Carnegie Libraries in the United States, List of Carnegie Libraries in Massachusetts, List of Carnegie Libraries in Maine, List of Carnegie Libraries in Pennsylvania, List of Carnegie Libraries in Oregon, List of Carnegie Libraries in Missouri, List of Carnegie Libraries in New Jersey, List of Carnegie Libraries in Texas, List of Carnegie Libraries in Colorado, List of Carnegie Libraries in South Dakota, List of Carnegie Libraries in Georgia, List of Carnegie Libraries in Kentucky, List of Carnegie Libraries in Alabama, List of Carnegie Libraries in North Dakota, List of Carnegie Libraries in Connecticut, List of Carnegie Libraries in New Hampshire, List of Carnegie Libraries in Oklahoma, List of Carnegie Libraries in Utah, List of Carnegie Libraries in Tennessee, List of Carnegie Libraries in South Carolina, List of Carnegie Libraries in North Carolina, List of Carnegie Libraries in Virginia, List of Carnegie Libraries in Vermont, List of Carnegie Libraries in the District of Columbia, List of Carnegie Libraries in Mississippi, List of Carnegie Libraries in Montana, List of Carnegie Libraries in Florida, List of Carnegie Libraries in Wyoming, List of Carnegie Libraries in West Virginia, List of Carnegie Libraries in Maryland, List of Carnegie Libraries in Philadelphia, List of Carnegie Libraries in New Mexico, List of Carnegie Libraries in Arkansas, List of Carnegie Libraries in Arizona, List of Carnegie Libraries in Idaho, List of C...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23310804 ... Read more

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Chapters: Public Libraries in Iowa, Dewey Readmore Books, Iowa City Public Library, Davenport Public Library, National Czech ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Lists of Carnegie Libraries in the United States by State, List of Carnegie Libraries in Iowa, List of Carnegie Libraries in Canada, List of Carnegie Libraries in California, List of Carnegie Libraries in Indiana, List of Carnegie Libraries in Ohio, List of Carnegie Libraries in Illinois, List of Carnegie Libraries in New York City, List of Carnegie Libraries in Minnesota, List of Carnegie Libraries in Wisconsin, List of Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska, List of Carnegie Libraries in Washington, List of Carnegie Libraries in Kansas, List of Carnegie Libraries in Michigan, List of Carnegie Libraries in the United States, List of Carnegie Libraries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Oceania, List of Carnegie Libraries in Massachusetts, List of Carnegie Libraries in Maine, List of Carnegie Libraries in Pennsylvania, List of Carnegie Libraries in Oregon, List of Carnegie Libraries in Europe, List of Carnegie Libraries in Missouri, List of Carnegie Libraries in New Jersey, List of Carnegie Libraries in Texas, List of Carnegie Libraries in Colorado, List of Carnegie Libraries in South Dakota, List of Carnegie Libraries in Georgia, List of Carnegie Libraries in Kentucky, List of Carnegie Libraries in Alabama, List of Carnegie Libraries in North Dakota, List of Carnegie Libraries in Connecticut, List of Carnegie Libraries in New Hampshire, List of Carnegie Libraries in Oklahoma, List of Carnegie Libraries in Utah, List of Carnegie Libraries in Tennessee, List of Carnegie Libraries in South Carolina, List of Carnegie Libraries in North Carolina, List of Carnegie Libraries in Virginia, List of Carnegie Libraries in Vermont, List of Carnegie Libraries in the District of Columbia, List of Carnegie Libraries in Mississippi, List of Carnegie Libraries in Montana, List of Carnegie Libraries in Florid... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The following list of Carnegie libraries in Iowa provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Iowa, where 101 public libraries were built from 99 grants (totaling $1,495,706) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1892 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $210,000). Building still operating as a library Building no longer standing Building standing, but now serving another purpose Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23310804 ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:From Associations, Corporations and Institutions.Albany Young Mens1 Association. 53d annual report, 1885. Pam.American Pharmaceutical Association.Proceedings of 1885-86. 2 v. American Surgical Association.Transactions, 1885. 2 v.Amherst College, Mass. Catalog, 18 8 6-81. Pam. Ancient Order of United Workmen.Proceedings of the supreme lodge, June, 1886. Minneapolis. Army of the Potomac.Veterans' hymn book used at the banquet of the society at San Fran., Aug. 4, 1886. Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Report of trustees, 1885. Boston Public Library.Catalog of English prose fiction and books for the young, 1885. Class list for English prose fiction, including translations andjuvenile books, 1877. Bulletins 1885, 1886, 1887. 34th annual report, 1885.JBoston General Iheological Library. 23d annual report, 1885.Bowdoin College, Maine.Annual report of librarian, 1884-86. "Memorial of Alpheus Spring Packard. 1886. Uronson Library fund.Report of board of agents, 1883-85,1885-86.BrooMine Public Library.29th annual report of trustees, 1885.Brooklyn Library. Bulletin, 1885-86. 28th annual report of the directors, 1886. Brooklyn Young Mens1 Christian Association. Bulletins. Buffalo Library.Finding-list of history, politics, biography, geography, travel andanthropology, 1885.Finding-list of belles-lettres, etc. Pt. 2, 1886. 49th, 50th and 51st annual reports, 1885-7. Burlington Free Public Library, Iowa. Catalog, 1886. Cedar Falls Free Public Library, Iowa. Catalog. Report, 1883. ' Charles City Free Public Library, Iowa. History and catalog, 1886. Chicago Historical Society.Constitution and by laws, with list of officers and members, 1885-6. In memoriam John S. Wright. In memory of ... ... Read more

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Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. ... Read more

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An introduction to the state named after the Ioway Indians. ... Read more