TY - BOOK AU - Wiltse,Charles M. AU - Birkner,Michael J. TI - Prosperity far distant: the journal of an Ohio farmer, 1933-1934 SN - 9780821444092 AV - S521.5.O3 W555 2012 U1 - 633.092/2771 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Athens PB - Ohio University Press KW - Wiltse, Charles M. KW - Family farms KW - Ohio KW - Farm life KW - Exploitations agricoles familiales KW - Vie à la ferme KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Agriculture KW - Agronomy KW - Crop Science KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY COLLECTIONS KW - Diaries & Journals KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; A Note on the Source; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Journal of an Ohio Farmer, 1933-1934; Afterword; Index N2 - Fresh from receiving a doctorate from Cornell University in 1933, but unable to find work, Charles M. Wiltse joined his parents on the small farm they had recently purchased in southern Ohio. There, the Wiltses scratched out a living selling eggs, corn, and other farm goods at prices that were barely enough to keep the farm intact. In wry and often affecting prose, Wiltse recorded a year in the life of this quintessentially American place during the Great Depression. He describes the family's daily routine, occasional light moments, and their ongoing frustrations, small and large-from a neig UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=836357 ER -