Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the presentHoughton Mifflin, 1978 |
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Page 64
... hard , hard work of farmer , cowhand , railroader , or miner . But as always seems to be the case in this bad old world , there were some few men who did not care for hard work . Either they had tried it per- sonally , for a day or two ...
... hard , hard work of farmer , cowhand , railroader , or miner . But as always seems to be the case in this bad old world , there were some few men who did not care for hard work . Either they had tried it per- sonally , for a day or two ...
Page 98
... hard times boomed migration westward , the new pioneers passed covered wagons dragging east like whipped animals , their covers chalked with " Going back to our wife's folks " or " In God we trusted , in Kansas we busted . " No less ...
... hard times boomed migration westward , the new pioneers passed covered wagons dragging east like whipped animals , their covers chalked with " Going back to our wife's folks " or " In God we trusted , in Kansas we busted . " No less ...
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Hard Times : Personal Recollections of the Depression Studs Terkel What John Steinbeck did for the Okies , Studs Terkel has done for just about everybody else who suffered through the Depression . A veteran radio man , Terkel set about ...
Hard Times : Personal Recollections of the Depression Studs Terkel What John Steinbeck did for the Okies , Studs Terkel has done for just about everybody else who suffered through the Depression . A veteran radio man , Terkel set about ...
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Thunder in D Alexander Brown | 42 |
the West 5 Day of the Cattleman | 50 |
馨 7 The New Industrial Order | 84 |
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