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Apps, Jerold W., 1934-

The quiet season : remembering country winters / Jerry Apps. - Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2013. - 1 online resource

Preparing for Winter -- Butchering -- Making Wood -- Farm Kitchen -- First Snow -- Fun in the Snow -- Winter Chores -- Deer Hunting -- Thanksgiving -- Christmas Is Coming -- The Real Meaning of Christmas -- Fishing on Ice -- Trap Line -- Blizzard Below-Zero Morning -- Going to Town -- New Skates -- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning -- Wash Day -- Box Social -- Selling Potatoes -- Radio -- Lamps and Lanterns -- Signs of Spring -- Remembering.

ISBN: 9780870206085 (electronic bk.) 0870206087 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Apps, Jerold W., 1934- --Childhood and youth.
Apps, Jerold W., 1934- --Family.
Apps, Jerold W., 1934-

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Winter--History--Wisconsin--20th century.
Farm life--History--Wisconsin--20th century.
Rural families--History--Wisconsin--20th century.
Hiver--Histoire--Wisconsin--20e siècle.
Vie à la ferme--Histoire--Wisconsin--20e siècle.
Familles rurales--Histoire--Wisconsin--20e siècle.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)--United States
Families.
Farm life.
Manners and customs.
Rural conditions.
Rural families.
Winter.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Wisconsin--Social life and customs--20th century.
Wisconsin--Rural conditions.
Wisconsin--Mœurs et coutumes--20e siècle.
Wisconsin--Conditions rurales.
Wisconsin.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: F586

Dewey Class. No.: 977.5/043

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: HIS.2:F 37/3/2013