Title: Central standard
Description: "In Central Standard: A Time, a Place, a Family, Patrick Irelan vividly recaptures a remarkable era in midwestern history in twenty-four beautifully crafted and often witty essays. Beginning with his parents' marriage in 1932 and continuing into the present, Irelan relates the many wonderful stories and experiences of his Davis County, Iowa, family.

In "Country Living," he describes his parents' disheartening life as farmers during the worst years of the Depression. "The CB&Q" then relates the happiest years of his family's life when his parents lived and worked in the Burlington Railroad depots of rural Nebraska."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Family
Places: Middle West
People: Ireland family, Patrick Irelan (1943-)