Life at the Crossroads: Reflections from a Country Store

Felde, Robert

ISBN 10: 1439239568 / ISBN 13: 9781439239568

Published by North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Booksurge Llc, 2009

About this Item

History of a rural Wisconsin community during the 1950's and 60's that centered around a small country store in West Prairie.Pictorial, soft cover binding, 145 pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Black and white photo illustrations. Very good condition. A clean and unmarked copy. Slight curl to covers.

Seller Inventory # 001494

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life at the Crossroads: Reflections from a Country Store
• Publisher: North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Booksurge Llc
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1439239568
• ISBN 13: 9781439239568
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biographies & Memoirs
  • History Wisconsin

About this title

Synopsis

Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and wandering through a 1950’s and 60’s history of a rural Wisconsin community that revolved around a country store, Life at the Crossroads takes readers down the paths of: coffee table culture in a country store; country school images; kids struggling with redwing blackbirds and the church; fighting communists; neighbors, salesmen and sojourners; life in the tobacco fields; urban renewal and the demise of the country store; hospitality and the search for community. Originating in the same area of Wisconsin that was fodder for Ben Logan’s work, The Land Remembers, Felde’s reflections from a country store provide a slice of Americana from a later generation and continue to explore the subtle richness of rural communities.