Joseph E. Narigon

Broschiertes Buch

A Boy on the Farm

Beschreibung

Joseph Edward Narigon was born on the family farm in rural Adams County, Iowa on March 27, 1929, just before the Great Depression swept across America. Joseph's childhood memoirs, originally written in 2003, paint a picture of the bucolic family farm. With no electricity, no running water, and no motor vehicles, Joseph's family worked tirelessly seven days a week to operate a fully functioning, self-sustaining farm. Meet the pets, the horses, the livestock, the family members, and the wily neighbors that helped keep the farm running. Witness the introduction of modern technologies and how innovation and can-do attitude cultivated the American landscape.

Autor

Joe Narigon left the farm in the fall of 1946 and enrolled at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) at Ames, Iowa. He studied Animal Husbandry (now Animal Science) and graduated with a BS degree in December of 1950. In April of 1951 he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After basic training in Fort Knox, Kentucky, Joe was assigned duty as an Army meat inspector and spent two years in the Chicago, Illinois area. He was discharged in May of 1953 and farmed with his dad and brother at the home place until the fall of 1954. That December Joe and his wife Betty moved to Atlantic, Iowa where Joe was the farm manager of the Walnut Grove Research Farm. Four children were born to the Narigons-Edward, Thomas, Michael, and Nancy. In 1968, Joe accepted the position of Webster County Extension Director in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He continued working in Webster County until 1980 when he accepted a position as director of the Warren County Extension Service, located in Indianola, Iowa. He retired in 1994. Joseph Edward Narigon passed away at age 93 on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at CedarStone Senior Living in Cedar Falls. He was the last of his generation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hayseed Press LLC
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 235g
• ISBN-13: 9798992877618
• Artikelnr.: 74208384