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Harvest of Grief - by Annette Atkins (Paperback)

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  • Atkins eloquently portrays the extreme hardships of Minnesota farmers during the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s.
  • Author(s): Annette Atkins
  • 158 Pages
  • History, United States

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Atkins eloquently portrays the extreme hardships of Minnesota farmers during the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s. She examines local, state, and national relief efforts, which she reviews in the context of nineteenth-century social welfare philosophy.



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"A well-written and clearly organized account of the grasshopper plagues in Minnesota and the generally ineffective measures of public relief in response to them....An important contribution to the literature on rural life and on social welfare in America."
Dimensions (Overall): 9.3 Inches (H) x 6.16 Inches (W) x .49 Inches (D)
Weight: .55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: United States
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 158
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Theme: 19th Century
Format: Paperback
Author: Annette Atkins
Language: English
Street Date: November 20, 2003
TCIN: 93891760
UPC: 9780873514798
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-2669
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.49 inches length x 6.16 inches width x 9.3 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.55 pounds
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