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| Book Review | Indiana Magazine of History, 104.1 | The History Cooperative
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March, 2008
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A Good Day's Work
An Iowa Farm in the Great Depression

By Dwight W. Hoover
(Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2007. Pp. vii, 211. Illustrations, index. $26.00.)

In this richly detailed accounting of the ways of another time, Dwight Hoover shares with us his youthful experiences of life on an Iowa farm in the 1930s. The work was often difficult, even grueling, but for a bright and thoughtful boy it was the stuff of a strong foundation and, for us, a fine memoir. 1
      The book is divided into the seasons of the year interspersed with chapters called respites, which add depth and context to the story. Few of us have had anything like the experiences of the author, and whatever our romanticized notions of the workings of a family farm may be, they are put to the test by this keen remembrance of both work and respite. . . .
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