What was it like to live, work, and play on a small Wisconsin dairy farm during the Great Depression? Here is a first-hand account in which the author relives the daily challenges and joys of farming life, and remembers how technological advances - like milking machines, grain combines, and indoor plumbing - changed the way his and other farming families lived.
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A bittersweet and hard-hitting glimpse into what farm life was really like. -- The Midwest Book Review
A book that provides "...compelling detail of day-to-day events on a working farm...." -- Anna Marie Lux, Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette, July 31, 2005
Awarded Honorable Mention - Best Regional Non-Fiction -- Independent Publisher Book Awards 2006
A book that provides "...compelling detail of day-to-day events on a working farm...." -- Anna Marie Lux, Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette, July 31, 2005
Awarded Honorable Mention - Best Regional Non-Fiction -- Independent Publisher Book Awards 2006
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A bittersweet and hard-hitting glimpse into what farm life was really like.,
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This review is from: Any Damn Fool Can Be a Farmer (Paperback)
An Honorable Mention title of the 2006 Independent Book Publisher Awards, Any Damn Fool Can Be a Farmer: Growing Up on a Wisconsin Farm is the true-life memoir of author Bob Knopes, who matured on a small dairy farm during the lean times of the Great Depression. But even though Knopes' father was wont to stoutly declare "Any damn fool can be a farmer!" the truth was that not just any damn fool could apply the necessary money, time, resources, and 14-hour days of labor to successfully keep a farm solvent. A handful of black-and-white photographs illustrate this touching picture of farm life from barn-burning fires to block-in blizzards, and the remarkable changes wrought by technological advancements such as milking machines, threshers, and indoor plumbing. A bittersweet and hard-hitting glimpse into what farm life was really like.
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Farm life was a quiet life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
milk house, manure spreader, feed mill, milking machine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rock County, Garfield Street, Milton Avenue, Milwaukee Street, Rotamer Road, Grandpa Fanning, Milton Junction, Star Billiard, Humes Road, United States New!
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Farm life was a quiet life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
milk house, manure spreader, feed mill, milking machine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rock County, Garfield Street, Milton Avenue, Milwaukee Street, Rotamer Road, Grandpa Fanning, Milton Junction, Star Billiard, Humes Road, United States New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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