A Good Day's Work
by Dwight W. Hoover · June 25, 2007
A Depression-era farmer recounts four seasons worth of daily life on his childhood family's farm, a period marked by rural hardships, the transition from horse labor to tractors, and the approach of World War II.
Farm life, united statesSeasonsDepressions, 1929Agriculture, united states, historyIowa, social life and customsIowa, biographyChildhood and youthFamilyFarm lifeHistorySocial life and customsBiography