Can I read Farm Girl on EtoBox?

Farm Girl by Gowen, Karen Jones is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Farm Girl about?

Set in the Dust Bowl of the American West, Farm Girl , the true account of a child coming of age on a 1920's Nebraska farm, recaptures an era. Young Lucille Marker experiences survival during the Depression, one of the worst dust storms in history, and finally the disintegration of the close-knit community in which she grows up. Readers who like the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder or Willa Cather will enjoy Farm Girl . Set in the locale of the Willa Cather Nebraska novels, it includes a chapter about the Marker, Cather family connections. Richly photographed throughout with over sixty authentic photos documenting the people and places of the story, this historical, easy-to-read small book is suitable for use in the classroom. "Omitting sensationalized incidents and graphic sexual exploits, the book perfectly captures a young woman s coming of age in the early decades of the 20th century. It concerns real life, relatively ordinary activities, drawn with the precision of a Norman Rockwell painting." ~ The Omaha Reader "Through the intertwined stories of the life of the Marker family and of the broader historical time period, the book is more than captivating. Gowen s vivid account of

Who reads Farm Girl?

Author

Gowen, Karen Jones

Publisher

WiDo Publishing

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780979607004

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.5 / 5 (164 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14