Cream of the Crop [Paperback]

LeAnn R. Ralph (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 2005

This is the third book in the Rural Route 2 series. Join the author on her family's farm 40 years ago when small family farms still dotted the countryside. Twenty true stories.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I'm almost finished with 'Cream of the Crop' and I love it!" (C.B. -- Plattsmouth, Nebraska) -- A Reader's Review (November 2005)

I am enjoying "Cream of the Crop" so much. (M.S. -- Westby, Wisconsin) -- A Reader's Review (November 2005)

Keep writing those farm stories. I really enjoy them! (G.T. -- Pace, Florida) -- A Reader's Review (November 2005)

THANKS for the wonderful book . . It was extraordinary from the first story to the last! (R.S. -- Clintonville, Wisconsin) -- A Reader's Review (November 2005)

Thanks for writing so vividly. (D.J. -- LaGrande, Oregon) -- A Reader's Review (November 2005)

From the Publisher

Since 1969, Wisconsin has lost 70 percent of its dairy farms, and the United States has lost 85 percent of its dairy farms. LeAnn R. Ralph's books of true stories help to preserve a small bit of our agricultural history.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc. (September 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591138205
• ISBN-13: 978-1591138204
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,168,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Twenty short but immensely entertaining stories, December 3, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cream of the Crop (Paperback)

Cream Of The Crop: More True Stories Form A Wisconsin Farm is the third anthology of biographical and anecdotal stories by LeAnn Ralph about growing up on a Wisconsin dairy farm. In the 1960s there were more than 60,000 dairy farms in Wisconsin, in May of 2004 the Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service recorded the number of surviving dairy farms in the state at 15,591. The number has dropped even lower since then. That dairy farming reality is what helps to give LeAnn's deftly told stories their nostalgia for a rural lifestyle that is not-so-slowly disappearing in the Badger state. There are twenty short but immensely entertaining stories in this simply superb anthology. They range from "What's in a Name", to "She'll Be Comin' Round the Cornfield", to "Gertrude and Heathcliff", to the title story "cream Of The Crop". LeAnn continues to write with a remarkable knack for making people and events come alive in the reader's imagination. Also very highly recommended are LeAnn's two earlier anthologies about life on the family farm in Wisconsin: Give Me A Home Where The Dairy Cows Roam (1591135923, $13.95) and Christmas In Dairyland: True Stories From A Wisconsin Farm (1591133661, $13.95).