Children of the Western Plains

The Nineteenth-Century Experience

By:

Marilyn Irvin Holt

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Hardback

Series:

American Childhoods Series

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What life was like for youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century frontier life. Chapters address a breadth of experiences and perceptions: why families came to the Great Plains and where they decided to settle; how families and communities were organized for education, work, and play; how health care, accidents, and mortality affected childhoods; and what children experienced outside the home. As much as possible, Ms. Holt lets the children speak for themselves. American Childhoods Series.

Author Biography:

Marilyn Irvin Holt was born in southern Illinois, where her parents still maintain a farm. She studied at Eastern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Springfield, and is a former editor for the Illinois State Historical Library and a former director of publications for the Kansas State Historical Society. She has also written Indian Orphanages; Linoleum, Better Babies and the Modern Farm Woman; and The Orphan Trains. She lives in Abilene, Kansas.

Release date Australia

August 18th, 2003

Author

Marilyn Irvin Holt

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

256

Series

American Childhoods Series

Dimensions

157x234x24

ISBN-13

9781566635400

Product ID

4389096

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