As a farm woman thinks
Subtitle: life and land on the Texas high plains, 1890-1960
By: Nellie Witt Spikes ; edited by Geoff Cunfer ; Plainsword by Sandra Scofield
Contributors: Cunfer, Geoff, 1966-; Scofield, Sandra Jean, 1943-
Series: Plains histories
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lubbock, TX
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780896727106
Description: "Selected weekly columns by Nellie Witt Spikes, published in small-town Texas newspapers from 1930-1960, describe farm life on the Texas Panhandle, along with the region's culture and natural history. Organized topically and then chronologically, with commentary by the editor; contains historical photographs"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Plainsword; title: Settling the Llano Estacado; title: Small town life; title: Drought and dust storms; title: Women's work; title: Portraits; title: Natural history of the Llano Estacado; title: The modernization of farm life; title: A poetry of place.