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Prairie Town (Small Town U.S.A.)
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (1998-03-30)
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During the early 1900s, railroad companies laid tracks across America's open land. In fields of grass beside the new tracks prairie towns grew. The towns prospered amid the golden wheat fields, and grain elevators dominated the skyline. Bonnie Geisert's clear text explores the social and economic life of one of these towns, while the dramas of everyday life can be experienced in Arthur Geisert's panoramic hand-colored etchings. Here is a fascinating view of life in a thriving midwestern town, told with respect and affection for the resilient townspeople, as they work and play, their lives directly affected by the changing seasons.One Potato Review
Small town life as depicted by the straight-talking, meticulous writer-and-illustrator team of Bonnie and Arthur Geisert. These are believers, still it’s not all paradise here: “A town’s business depends on the farmer’s good fortune. Rain can insure a good crop. A hailstorm, drought, or tornado can destroy it.” And yet: “On beautiful days the whole town is the children’s playground.” This book is is both educational and elegiac that way: it’s a tempting ideal, though once in a while the circus blows through town, and you wonder how many youngsters are hitching themselves to its tailgates on the way out.
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