Prosperity far distant : the journal of an Ohio farmer, 1933-1934 / by Charles M. Wiltse ; edited by Michael J. Birkner ; with a foreword by Gene Logsdon.

Fresh from receiving a doctorate from Cornell University in 1933, but unable to find work, Charles M. Wiltse joined his parents on the small farm they had recently purchased in southern Ohio. There, the Wiltses scratched out a living selling eggs, corn, and other farm goods at prices that were barel...

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Main Author: Wiltse, Charles M. (Charles Maurice), 1907-1990
Other Authors: Birkner, Michael J., 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2012.
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