Little Heathens High Times and High Spirits on an Iowa farm during the depression

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	• Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression Mildred Armstrong Kalish Bantam, 2008 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 94 reviews view larger image
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Worth a look for the recipes alone

Even though I am a 42-year-old city girl, this book resonated with me. Ms. Kalish writes with gratifying specificity of "the little things that make up a life." You'll wonder how her generation had enough energy to do the endless work it took to survive on a family farm. I'd recommend her story to anyone who is interested in what daily life was like in another era.

But here's what moved me to write this review: Ms. Kalish's recipe for Apple Cream Pie! It is an odd, open-faced creation with big chunks of apples and heavy cream poured on top. I've been baking apple pies from scratch all my life, but people keep telling me this is the best one I have ever made. Don't miss her recipe for pie crust, either. Her vegetable-oil crust is not only healthier and much easier than traditional pie crusts, but addictively delicate and crisp. When she tells you, in her intro to the recipe, that you'll never bother making any other type of crust again, she's not lying. I intend to try all the other recipes in this book. How generous of Ms. Kalish to share her time-tested gems with the world.

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Tears of joy in re-living days gone by.

This was a gift I gave my 94 year old mother. It brought tears of joy and she says it is the best book she has ever read. She was a teacher and spends her days on the farm by herself doing crossword puzzles and cryptograms. Should be recommended reading for all school students.

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Little Heathens High Times and High Spirits on an Iowa farm during the depression

Excellent!! Couldn't put the book down and have passed on to several friends who have enjoyed the book. This is the documentation you would like to hear of your own ancester's early life that few are lucky enough to have. The how's of early life in Iowa on a small farm, the hard work, the mind set and the much remembered joys of youth.

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A world unto its own

What a great book. Very detailed descriptions of a farming life from how they worked to what they ate. The recipes alone are fascinating.

reviews: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, page 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

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