Harriet Connor Brown Foreword Charles Dawes (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition - Little Brown (October 1929) VERY GOOD, no dust jacket. No marks. Light rubbing on cover. Binding is tight and square. xx, 369 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. . . . . . . The biography is constructed through recollections, family letters, and contemporary newspaper items, weaving together one of the most personal and engaging accounts of nineteenth and early twentieth-century American life in the Middle West. Brown, the last survivor of a family of six sisters and one brother (all remarkably long-lived), was born in Athens, Ohio. The narrative explores the everyday challenges and triumphs of pioneer existence, from building a homestead to farming, raising a family, and engaging with local community events. The book won the Atlantic Monthly Prize for its contribution to literature and for its compelling depiction of American frontier perseverance, domesticity, and adaptation. It is lauded as an *epic of American life in the early and later days of the middle west,* offering rich insights into the realities of rural communities as well as the broader American experience of 1827-1927. This work offers both personal and historical richness, making it an invaluable resource for anyone interested in domestic and frontier history or the lived experience of the American Midwest.