High Plains and Broad Prairies: a Saga in Six Cantos

Bill, Edw. E. - A Native Thereof

Published by Elliott Printers, Incorporated, Garden City, Kansas, 1966

About this Item

55 Pages. Dark green tweed cloth with gold spine and cover lettering. No noted defects, Interior is flawless. Signed and inscribed to Robert & Family by the author. Plain yellow dust jacket that shows minimal wear to edges. The author was born in Syracuse, Kansas in 1887 of parents born to early settlers on the western plains, learned of the blessings, as well as of the trials and tribulations, of such pioneers, after the ranch owned by him and his wife was completely devastated by a prairie fire. The Bills, with small finances at hand, moved to the place, living in a cook-shack owned by a neighbor thresherman until the floor and walls of a two-room habitation had been erected, and then proceeded to rebuild all necessary buildings along with eight miles of fence, while Mr. Bill, not raised on a farm, learned the hard way the rudiments of rural life. At first he had difficulty unharnessing a two-horse team and could barely induce the most gentle cow to let him have about a quart of milk before his hands and wrists gave out. But, little by little, the place took on the aspects of intelligent care. Over six hundred acres of buffalo sod were turned and a commodious house of monolithic concrete was erected by the two; a dairy herd of fifty animals was built and ducklings and chicks by the hundreds poured from their four incubators. In time it became evident that if the most successful farmer in the neighborhood raised a crop, Mr. Bill had a good crop also. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the local Laundry for almost twenty-five years, and filled many lay offices in his church, while singing in the choir and participating in many cantatas and musical programs given in Western Kansas. He has published four books previously, largely of poetry and his work has appeared in many magazines in England, Canada and The States. Moreover - he has fallen in love with High-Plains land and living and he still holds title to quite a slice of it. Perhaps his writing shows evidence of this love. This book is dedicated to the memory of those American Heroes, largely unsung -- the men and women who produced the Bread-Basket of the World from a region once shown on maps as 'The Great American Desert'. Seller Inventory # 12109

Bibliographic Details

Title: High Plains and Broad Prairies: a Saga in ...

Publisher: Elliott Printers, Incorporated, Garden City, Kansas

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition