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Price of Free Land

Treva Adams Strait

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Description:Merlan and Edna Adams and their three children spent the winter in two tents on the Nebraska prairie. They had no running water or electricity; they were miles from the nearest school, store, doctor; they had no neighbors. the year was 1914, and young Treva Adams's parents were trying to comply with the terms of the government's offer: 160 acres, free, to homesteaders who would live there and work the land for three years.Life on the prairie was hard and lonely, and sometimes dangerous. Treva Adams Strait recalls in vivid detail the first tornado, the building of their sod house, all the slow and difficult steps needed to make a home in the wilderness. But there were happy times, too: Christmases and birthdays, the exciting first day of school, the arrival of a new baby sister. Illustrated with photographs from the Adams family album, "The Price of Free Land" is the saga of twentieth-century pioneers--the story of a warm, loving family's adventure in frontier living.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Price of Free Land. To get started finding Price of Free Land, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Merlan and Edna Adams and their three children spent the winter in two tents on the Nebraska prairie. They had no running water or electricity; they were miles from the nearest school, store, doctor; they had no neighbors. the year was 1914, and young Treva Adams's parents were trying to comply with the terms of the government's offer: 160 acres, free, to homesteaders who would live there and work the land for three years.Life on the prairie was hard and lonely, and sometimes dangerous. Treva Adams Strait recalls in vivid detail the first tornado, the building of their sod house, all the slow and difficult steps needed to make a home in the wilderness. But there were happy times, too: Christmases and birthdays, the exciting first day of school, the arrival of a new baby sister. Illustrated with photographs from the Adams family album, "The Price of Free Land" is the saga of twentieth-century pioneers--the story of a warm, loving family's adventure in frontier living.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Price of Free Land. To get started finding Price of Free Land, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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