The beginner's cow : memories of a Volga German from Kansas / by Loren Schmidtberger.
Material type: TextSeries: American MidwestPublisher: Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781612481692
- 1612481698
- Schmidtberger, Loren F., 1928-
- Saint Peter's College (Jersey City, N.J.) -- Faculty -- Biography
- Saint Peter's College (Jersey City, N.J.)
- Russian Germans -- Kansas -- Biography
- German Americans -- Kansas -- Biography
- Farm life -- Kansas -- Ellis County -- History -- 20th century
- Community life -- Kansas -- Ellis County -- History -- 20th century
- Kansas -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Ellis County (Kan.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Ellis County (Kan.) -- Biography
- College teachers -- New Jersey -- Jersey City -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- College teachers
- Community life
- Farm life
- German Americans
- Manners and customs
- Russian Germans
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty
- Kansas
- Kansas -- Ellis County
- New Jersey -- Jersey City
- 1900-1999
- 978.1/19 23
- F690.R85
"Loren Schmidtberger grew up in a Volga German community in Kansas during the Dust Bowl. He carried the legacy and lessons of his childhood with him when he left the farm and became a teacher in the eastern U.S."--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references.
Section one; Early memories, and a dose of local history -- Section two; Grade school years -- Section three; Hays High School -- Section four; The halls of Saint Fidelis -- Section five; College and the army -- Section six; Graduate school, teaching at Saint Peter's College, married life -- Section seven; The senior years, and the end of an era -- Section eight; Life today -- Section nine; Thoughts, scattered and otherwise, on literature, verve, and verse.
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