Bibliograph

The beginner's cow, memories of a Volga German from Kansas, Loren Schmidtberger

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The beginner's cow, memories of a Volga German from Kansas, Loren Schmidtberger

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The beginner's cow

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Loren Schmidtberger

Series statement

American Midwest

Sub title

memories of a Volga German from Kansas

Summary

At the age of seven, Loren Schmidtberger was assigned to a beginner's cow-the gentlest cow in the herd and the easiest for a child just beginning to milk. As he learned to milk with the help of the cow, he also learned the art of living from the unforgiving reality of the Dust Bowl years tempered by the steadfast resilience of his Volga German community.After he left the family's isolated Kansas farm and throughout his teaching career, Schmidtberger's life was filled with ever-present memories of family and community. Now he offers us those memories in stories told with wry humor and gentle grace. These tales span the decades with a clear-eyed gaze, reflecting a cultural legacy that laid the foundation for a life well-lived, and illustrating the deep cultural changes between America in the 1930s and the America we know today

Target audience

adult

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