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Children of the Western Plains: The Nineteenth-Century Experience
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Children of the Western Plains: The Nineteenth-Century Experience Hardcover - 2003

by Holt, Marilyn Irvin

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  • Hardcover
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Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Barely a touch of wear. Nice, clean copy. 224 pages with Index. Black and white photos. "This book tells what life was like for youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century frontier life. Chapters address a breadth of experiences and perceptions: why families came to the Great Plains and where they decided to settle; how families and communities were organized for education, work, and play; how health care, accidents, and mortality affected childhoods; and what children experienced outside the home.".
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  • Title Children of the Western Plains: The Nineteenth-Century Experience
  • Author Holt, Marilyn Irvin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ivan R. Dee, Chicago
  • Date 2003
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 10148
  • ISBN 9781566635400 / 1566635403
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.35 x 6.31 x 0.96 in (23.75 x 16.03 x 2.44 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life - Great Plains, Great Plains - Social life and customs -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003046050
  • Dewey Decimal Code 978.020

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  • Booklist, 10/15/2003, Page 383
  • Choice, 04/01/2004, Page 1535
  • Library Journal, 10/15/2003, Page 80

About the author

Marilyn Irvin Holt was born in southern Illinois, where her parents still maintain a farm. She studied at Eastern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Springfield, and is a former editor for the Illinois State Historical Library and a former director of publications for the Kansas State Historical Society. She has also written Indian Orphanages; Linoleum, Better Babies and the Modern Farm Woman; and The Orphan Trains. She lives in Abilene, Kansas.

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