As A Farm Woman Thinks: Life and Land on the Texas High

As A Farm Woman Thinks: Life and Land on the Texas High Plains, 1890–1960 (Plains Histories)
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In twenty-five years of syndicated columns in small-town Texas newspapers between 1930 and 1960, Nellie Witt Spikes described her life on the High Plains, harking back to earlier times and reminiscing about pioneer settlement, farm and small-town culture, womenâ€™s work, and the natural history of the flatlands and canyons. Spikesâ€™s life spanned the arrival of Euro-American settlers, the transition from ranching to farming, the drought and dust storms of the 1930s, and the irrigation revolution of the 1940s. Engaging and eloquent, her â€œAs a Farm Woman Thinksâ€ columns today conjure up a vivid portrait of a bygone era. Spikesâ€™s best pieces, organized topically and then chronologically here by Geoff Cunfer, are illuminated by black-and-white historical photographs featuring people, landscapes, small towns, farms, and ranches that populated the caprock-and-canyon country of her West Texas. Cunferâ€™s introduction and editorial commentary provide context. For historians, As a Farm Woman Thinks enlarges our understanding of a wide land and its culture. For the rest of us, Spikesâ€™s â€œpoetry of placeâ€ still captures the spirit of the Plains and, decades later, inspires imagination and memory.
Country USA
Brand Texas Tech University Press
Manufacturer Texas Tech University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780896727106
ReleaseDate 2010-10-15

Country	USA
Brand	Texas Tech University Press
Manufacturer	Texas Tech University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780896727106
ReleaseDate	2010-10-15

As A Farm Woman Thinks: Life and Land on the Texas High Plains, 1890–1960 (Plains Histories)

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