TY - BOOK ID - 77903907 TI - Prosperity far distant : the journal of an Ohio farmer, 1933-1934 AU - Wiltse, Charles M. AU - Birkner, Michael J. AU - Logdson, Gene. PY - 2012 SN - 0821444093 9780821444092 9780821419984 0821419986 PB - Athens : Ohio University Pres, DB - UniCat KW - Family farms KW - Farm life KW - Rural life KW - Country life KW - Farms KW - Farms, Small KW - Private plot agriculture KW - Wiltse, Charles M. KW - Wiltse, Charles Maurice, KW - Wiltse, C. M. KW - Editors KW - Farmers KW - Farm operators KW - Operators, Farm KW - Planters (Persons) KW - Agriculturists KW - Rural population KW - Persons UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77903907 AB - Fresh from receiving a doctorate from Cornell University in 1933, but unable to find work, Charles M. Wiltse joined his parents on the small farm they had recently purchased in southern Ohio. There, the Wiltses scratched out a living selling eggs, corn, and other farm goods at prices that were barely enough to keep the farm intact. In wry and often affecting prose, Wiltse recorded a year in the life of this quintessentially American place during the Great Depression. He describes the family's daily routine, occasional light moments, and their ongoing frustrations, small and large-from a neig ER -