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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100553384244
ISBN-139780553384246
eBay Product ID (ePID)63207053
Product Key Features
Book TitleLittle Heathens : Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Economic History, Parenting / Grandparenting, Personal Memoirs, General, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Rural, Sociology / Marriage & Family
IllustratorYes
GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
AuthorMildred Armstrong Kalish
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"This lovely book, so unaffected and so generous, opens the door to a past I knew as a child in Iowa, and I wept with joy and recognition as I read it. It deserves a distinguished place next to Hamlin Garland's Son of the Middle Border but, with its deep humility, it would also fit, without a single word of protest, next to the Betty Crocker Cookbook ."-Ted Kooser, U. S. poet laureate, 2004-2006 " Little Heathens is an enchanting but thoroughly unsentimental look at rural life in the Great Depression. In clear clean prose we are offered the grit, struggle, and also the joy of hard work on a farm. I cherish this book for its quite naked honesty and quiet lyricism about a time which makes our current problems nearly childish. This is a fine book."-Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall "Now that cell phones are a way of life, you won't find a better way to participate in the Good Old Days. Whether you are of farm origins or not, Little Heathens is a bit of history begging to be borrowed. Like a neighborly cup of sugar, it will sweeten your modern-day life."-MaryJane Butters, author of MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook for the Farmgirl In All Of Us "Using this book alone, one could reconstruct, with glorious exactness, a lost time and place. Mildred Kalish has a novelist's eye for detail and a beautiful understanding of what the gestures of daily life mean. A lovely, wise, transporting memoir."-Joan Silber, author of Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories "Not only trustworthy and useful, but also polished by real, rare happiness. It is a very good book, indeed. In fact, it's averyveryverygoodbook."- New York Times Book Review "Unpretentious yet deeply intelligent ... [ Little Heathens ] radiates the joy of a vanished way of life.... In prose that never yields to mawkish sentimentality, Kalish details the roles of family, religion, thrift, and education in her upbringing." Booklist "Not only trustworthy and useful, but also polished by real, rare happiness. It is a very good book, indeed. In fact, it's averyveryverygoodbook."-Elizabeth Gilbert, The New York Times Book Review " Little Heathens made me ache for my own Depression-era Grandma, with her hand-cranked clothes wringer and her North Dakotan speech tut-tutting.... This is a book to awaken your family's own half-remembered stories - or better, to send you back to your elders to scour up your own."- Cleveland Plain Dealer From the Hardcover edition., "This lovely book, so unaffected and so generous, opens the door to a past I knew as a child in Iowa, and I wept with joy and recognition as I read it. It deserves a distinguished place next to Hamlin Garland's Son of the Middle Border but, with its deep humility, it would also fit, without a single word of protest, next to the Betty Crocker Cookbook ."--Ted Kooser, U. S. poet laureate, 2004-2006 " Little Heathens is an enchanting but thoroughly unsentimental look at rural life in the Great Depression. In clear clean prose we are offered the grit, struggle, and also the joy of hard work on a farm. I cherish this book for its quite naked honesty and quiet lyricism about a time which makes our current problems nearly childish. This is a fine book."--Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall "Now that cell phones are a way of life, you won't find a better way to participate in the Good Old Days. Whether you are of farm origins or not, Little Heathens is a bit of history begging to be borrowed. Like a neighborly cup of sugar, it will sweeten your modern-day life."--MaryJane Butters, author of MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook for the Farmgirl In All Of Us "Using this book alone, one could reconstruct, with glorious exactness, a lost time and place. Mildred Kalish has a novelist's eye for detail and a beautiful understanding of what the gestures of daily life mean. A lovely, wise, transporting memoir."--Joan Silber, author of Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories "Not only trustworthy and useful, but also polished by real, rare happiness. It is a very good book, indeed. In fact, it's averyveryverygoodbook."-- New York Times Book Review "Unpretentious yet deeply intelligent ... [ Little Heathens ] radiates the joy of a vanished way of life.... In prose that never yields to mawkish sentimentality, Kalish details the roles of family, religion, thrift, and education in her upbringing."- Booklist "Not only trustworthy and useful, but also polished by real, rare happiness. It is a very good book, indeed. In fact, it's averyveryverygoodbook."--Elizabeth Gilbert, The New York Times Book Review " Little Heathens made me ache for my own Depression-era Grandma, with her hand-cranked clothes wringer and her North Dakotan speech tut-tutting.... This is a book to awaken your family's own half-remembered stories - or better, to send you back to your elders to scour up your own."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer
SynopsisI tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct to share feelings and experiences, and partly for the sheer joy and excitement of it all, I report on my early life. It was quite a romp. So begins Mildred Kalish's story of growing up on her grandparents' Iowa farm during the depths of the Great Depression. With her father banished from the household for mysterious transgressions, five-year-old Mildred and her family could easily have been overwhelmed by the challenge of simply trying to survive. This, however, is not a tale of suffering. Kalish counts herself among the lucky of that era. She had caring grandparents who possessed--and valiantly tried to impose--all the pioneer virtues of their forebears, teachers who inspired and befriended her, and a barnyard full of animals ready to be tamed and loved. She and her siblings and their cousins from the farm across the way played as hard as they worked, running barefoot through the fields, as free and wild as they dared. Filled with recipes and how-tos for everything from catching and skinning a rabbit to preparing homemade skin and hair beautifiers, apple cream pie, and the world's best head cheese (start by scrubbing the head of the pig until it is pink and clean), Little Heathens portrays a world of hardship and hard work tempered by simple rewards. There was the unsurpassed flavor of tender new dandelion greens harvested as soon as the snow melted; the taste of crystal clear marble-sized balls of honey robbed from a bumblebee nest; the sweet smell from the body of a lamb sleeping on sun-warmed grass; and the magical quality of oat shocking under the light of a full harvest moon. Little Heathens offers a loving but realistic portrait of a "hearty-handshake Methodist" family that gave its members a remarkable legacy of kinship, kindness, and remembered pleasures. Recounted in a luminous narrative filled with tenderness and humor, Kalish's memoir of her childhood shows how the right stuff can make even the bleakest of times seem like "quite a romp."
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- 10. Apr. 2018
Wonderful Read
The Little Heathens gives such a rich and detailed account of life during the depression in the 1940's. There is humor there, too! I love the descriptive writing in an easy to read format. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting a glimpse of life in hard times and how one can surmount adversity in life because of the lessons in frugality and discipline. I could relate to a lot of the author's experiences, because we went through some of the same things growing up. It's an endearing book. Wonderful & beautifully written!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 31. Dez. 2019
Life is good!
The title describes the book well. The day to day effort it took just to get by on an Iowa farm in the early 20th century was incredible, but the commitment of everyone in the family, from children to grandparents made her childhood full of hard work not only bearable but wonderful. This author showed great appreciation for the joys of family and the beauty of nature making the book a pleasure to read.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Feb. 2017
A Wonderful Memory
I you grew up in the 30's and 40's you will LOVE this true story...and if you are from the Midwest (especially in a rural area) you will relive your childhood. She writes from her heart - a a great memory - and brings your own memories into focus. So glad a friend recommended it...which I do for you.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 07. Jun. 2018
Do Not Miss This Book!
this is a little known book with a big message for everyone! Well written. You will not regret reading this book. It is a winner !!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 19. Aug. 2020
Interesting!
I re-read this book about the life of youngsters living on the farm during the Depression. It is enjoyable despite their hard times.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Apr. 2025
Little Heathen book. Perfect....
Little Heathen book. Perfect.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 27. Feb. 2021
Good
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