The Challenge of the Prairie: Life and Times of Red River Pioneers

Drache, Hiram

ISBN 10: 0913163457 / ISBN 13: 9780913163450

Published by Hobar Publications, 2010

About this Item

Later printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Hardcover, original. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Challenge of the Prairie: Life and Times of Red River Pioneers
• Publisher: Hobar Publications
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913163457
• ISBN 13: 9780913163450
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 1.21 pounds

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Synopsis

The prairies are one of the greatest gifts to humankind, for on this fertile and wide-open lands pioneers built a civilization and a culture, which has fed millions. This book presents the challenges faced by the first settlers along the Red River of Northern Minnesota. Here homesteaders settled the unbroken lands of the frontier and experienced seemingly endless obstacles in their quest to conquer the soil. Women bore the brunt of the burden, but children and men were not exempt from the agony of daily drudgery. Though the homestead was free, failure was more common than success and the price paid in toil, sweat, tears and broken bodies was great.

About the Author

After serving in the Air Force as a combat navigator on bombing missions in the European Theater of Operations of World War II, Hiram Drache earned degrees at Gustavus Adolphus College, the Unversity of Minnesota, and the University of North Dakota. During his college years he worked in the family truck line and other businesses and later taught high school. He married Ada Nelson in 1948 and in 1950 the couple purchased their first farm. They were involved in farming until 1981 when the home farm was sold and the others were leased out. He started his career at Concordia College in 1952 and in 1991 became Historian-in-Residence. He has written fifteen books and has contributed to eight others. He has also written more than fifty articles chiefly on contemporary agriculture and/or agricultural history. That writing lead to a speaking career with over 1,000 engagements in thirty-six states, the District of Columbia, six provinces in Canada, plus Australia, Germany and Norway.