The prairie winnows out its own : the West River Country of South Dakota in the years of depression and dust / Paula M. Nelson.

Between 1900 and 1915, in the last great land rush, over one hundred thousand homesteaders flooded into the west river country of South Dakota, a land noted for its aridity and unpredictable weather, its treelessness, and its endless sky. The settlers of "the last, best west" weathered the...

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Main Author: Nelson, Paula, 1951-
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Published: Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, ©1996.
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505 0 |a Preface; Introduction: After the West Was Won; Chapter 1. Room at the Bottom; Chapter 2. The Cow, the Sow, and the Hen; Chapter 3. If a Woman Is a True Companion; Chapter 4. Not a Young Chicago; Chapter 5. The Social Costs of Space; Chapter 6. Seedtime and Harvest Shall Not Cease; Chapter 7. In the Last Days, Perilous Times Shall Come; Chapter 8. The Plainsman Cannot Assume; Chapter 9. Outside the Shelterbelt; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
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