| Description |
1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
A Bur oak book |
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Bur oak book.
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| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; THE CHECK; JERRY; WESTERN UNION; COUNTRY LIVING; THE CB THIRTEEN MEN; GREAT PLAINS; TRAMPS; SALEM; THE FARM; SCHOOL; BE FRUITFUL; AUSTA; THE LANDSCAPE; THELMA; HEROES; THE TANK; THE ROCK ISLAND; CENTRAL STANDARD; JANE; ANTIQUES; THE HOUSE; THE LAST TRAIN; GOING HOME; INDEX |
| Summary |
In Central Standard: A Time, a Place, a Family, Patrick Irelan vividly recaptures a remarkable era in midwestern history in twenty-four beautifully crafted and often witty essays. Beginning with his parents' marriage in 1932 and continuing into the present, Irelan relates the many wonderful stories and experiences of his Davis County, Iowa, family. In ""Country Living, "" he describes his parents' disheartening life as farmers during the worst years of the Depression. ""The CB & Qo then relates the happiest years of his family's life when his parents lived and worked in the Burlington Railroad de |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Ireland family.
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Irelan, Patrick, 1943- -- Family
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| SUBJECT |
Irelan, Patrick, 1943- fast |
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Ireland family fast |
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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Families
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| SUBJECT |
Middle West -- Biography
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| Subject |
Middle West
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1587294230 |
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9781587294235 |
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