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A Settler's Year: Pioneer Life Through the Seasons
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A Settler's Year: Pioneer Life Through the Seasons Hardcover - 2015

by Kathleen Ernst; Loyd Heath (Photographer)


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"This is a book with great meaning for those of us who grew up on farms, and a book to be shared with young people eager to know more about pioneer life." --Jerry Apps, author of "Old Farm: A History" and "Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist's Memoir"

"A Settler's Year" provides a rare glimpse into the lives of early immigrants to the upper Midwest. Evocative photographs taken at Old World Wisconsin, the country's largest outdoor museum of rural life, lushly illustrate stories woven by historian, novelist, and poet Kathleen Ernst and compelling firsthand accounts left by the settlers themselves.

In this beautiful book, readers will discover the challenges and triumphs found in the seasonal rhythms of rural life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As they turn the pages--traveling from sprawling farm to tidy crossroads village, and from cramped and smoky cabins to gracious, well-furnished homes--they'll experience the back-straining chores, cherished folk traditions, annual celebrations, and indomitable spirit that comprised pioneer life.

At its heart "A Settler's Year" is about people dreaming of, searching for, and creating new homes in a new land. This moving book transports us back to the pioneer era and inspires us to explore the stories found on our own family trees.

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  • Title A Settler's Year: Pioneer Life Through the Seasons
  • Author Kathleen Ernst; Loyd Heath (Photographer)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wisconsin Historical Society Press
  • Date 2015-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780870207143 / 0870207148
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 8.3 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 21.08 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Wisconsin
  • Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life - Wisconsin, Wisconsin - History - 19th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015005242
  • Dewey Decimal Code 977.503

About the author

Kathleen Ernst is the award-winning author of more than thirty mystery, historical fiction, and nonfiction books for adults and young readers. Her latest include Death on the Prairie, the sixth Chloe Ellefson Historic Sites mystery for adults from Midnight Ink, and The Smuggler's Secrets, a Caroline Abbott mystery from American Girl. Kathleen has a master's degree in history education and writing from Antioch University. She spent over a decade as curator of interpretation and collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society's Old World Wisconsin site. Learn more atwww.kathleenernst.com.

Loyd Heath's interest in photography began in 1945 when he was a high school student in Milwaukee. Since then he has taken many photo courses and workshops, participated in many photo shows, and been widely published. After retiring in 1998 from the University of Washington, where he is currently Professor Emeritus of Accounting, Loyd has devoted his time to photography. He is best known for his photos of the University of Washington campus, Pacific Northwestern totem poles, Genesee Country Village in Mumford, New York, and Old World Wisconsin. He has judged the annual Old World Wisconsin photo contest since 2002. More of his photos can be found at www.loydheath.com.

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"A Settler's Year" provides a rare glimpse into the lives of early immigrants to the upper Midwest. Evocative photographs taken at Old World Wisconsin, the country's largest outdoor museum of rural life, lushly illustrate stories woven by historian, novelist, and poet Kathleen Ernst and compelling firsthand accounts left by the settlers themselves.
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