Letters from the Dust BowlUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 19 okt 2012 - 243 pagina's In May 1936 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace wrote to Caroline Henderson to praise her contributions to American "understanding of some of our farm problems." His comments reflected the national attention aroused by Henderson’s articles, which had been published in Atlantic Monthly since 1931. Even today, Henderson’s articles are frequently cited for her vivid descriptions of the dust storms that ravaged the Plains. Caroline Henderson was a Mount Holyoke graduate who moved to Oklahoma’s panhandle to homestead and teach in 1907. This collection of Henderson’s letters and articles published from 1908 to1966 presents an intimate portrait of a woman’s life in the Great Plains. Her writing mirrors her love of the land and the literature that sustained her as she struggled for survival. Alvin O. Turner has collected and edited Henderson’s published materials together with her private correspondence. Accompanying biographical sketch, chapter introductions, and annotations provide details on Henderson’s life and context for her frequent literary allusions and comments on contemporary issues. |
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... keep our part of the contract. . . . Though we have the disadvantages as well as the inspiration of being so near the beginning of things, our pioneer life has for me an interest and a fascination that no other experience has equaled ...
... keep it and the school teacher who went with it . " 11 Will and Caroline shared 1877 as their birth years , and at first glance that appeared to be one of the few things they held in common . He was born in or near Mulvane , Kansas ...
... by cultivating a wide variety of flowers . There were comparable demands on Will's time , and so the Hendersons was not always able to keep the rule about setting aside the evenings for reading . When they were able to Introduction 7.
... keeping their farm , particularly during their early struggles , but they always determined to hold onto what they were building . In her Master's the- sis , " The Love of the Soil as a Motivating Force in Literature Relating to the ...
... keep our part of the contract .... Though we have the disadvantages as well as the inspiration of being so near the beginning of things , our pioneer life has for me an interest and a fascination that no other experience has equaled ...
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Hopeful Years 19141928 | 67 |
Clouded Horizons 19291934 | 95 |
Dust to Eat 19351937 | 140 |
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When Hope Has Gone 19521966 | 215 |
Epilogue | 241 |
Bibliography | 261 |
Index | 269 |