Craig Volk, Margaret Spader Neises, Joan Neises Volk

Gebundenes Buch

Dust Bowl Bk of Days 1932

Beschreibung

By the early 1930s, dust storms ripped across America's drought-stricken Great Plains. Living on the northernmost edge of the Dust Bowl, South Dakotans grappled with the natural extremes and economic depression of the era. Many lost their farms and left the state. Others moved to town and fought to survive. A Dust Bowl Book of Days invites readers into the day-to-day life of Margaret Spader Neises as she cares for her family. She bears witness to her husband's work struggles, her children's illnesses, and the forces of nature beyond her control. Margaret's fears give rise to pithy, poignant observations. Whether documenting the escapades of a young temptress, her family's attempts to stay one step ahead of the banker, or her own whimsies, Margaret creates a vivid portrait of her life in simple prose. Author Craig Volk draws on the Great Depression-era diaries of his grandmother Margaret and an unpublished memoir of his mother, Joan Neises Volk to showcase the women who preserved and guided their families through adversity. By synthesizing numerous short entries written throughout the thirties into the single year of 1932, Volk crafts an engaging narrative that provides unique insight into daily life amid hard times.

Autor

Craig Volkwas born and raised in Mitchell, South Dakota. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Dakota and earned an MFA in playwriting and screenwriting from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut. Volk spent twelve years in the television and film industry in Los Angeles, California, including time spent as a writer for the Emmy-winning series Northern Exposure. He is the author of three published collections of poetry, and his stage scripts have been selected three times for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. His play Mayakovsky Takes the Stage won the 2007 PEN-USA award for best drama. Volk is an associate professor of theater, film, and video production at the University of Colorado-Denver. Margaret Spader Neises (1897–1954) was a second-generation American, born to German immigrants who moved to South Dakota to farm. She married Lawrence Neises in 1922, and they settled near Howard, South Dakota, before leaving the farm and moving to Mitchell during the Great Depression in the early 1930s. Joan Neises Volk (1924–1999) was born in her great-grandmother’s house on the Spader family farm. She attended Notre Dame Academy in Mitchell and called the town home for over sixty-five years, raising five boys with her husband, Erwin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: South Dakota Historical Society Press
• Seitenzahl: 85
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 119mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781941813294
• ISBN-10: 1941813291
• Artikelnr.: 59078198